NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The United Methodist Church, the largest mainline Protestant denomination in the U.S., lost about a quarter of its total churches between 2019 and 2023 due to disaffiliations, ...

ATHENS, Ga. — The North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church voted to allow 261 congregations to break from the denomination amid a schism over theological differences and the role of ...

A Pride flag outside Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kan., in 2019. For Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey, the last two years have resembled a drawn-out quarrel between members of a very ...

More than half of the United Methodist churches across Alabama have disaffiliated from the denomination, and the signs are becoming obvious – churches are literally changing their signs, reflecting ...

More than 6,200 churches in the U.S. have left the United Methodist Church amid a splintering and launch of more conservative, breakaway denomination, the Global Methodist Church. Churches outside the ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — United Methodist bishops said they warned their Global Methodist counterparts on Nov. 22 that tensions had reached a breaking point. NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Violent clashes have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ATHENS, Ga. — The North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church voted to allow 261 congregations to break from the ...

For Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey, the last two years have resembled a drawn-out quarrel between members of a very large family: people squabble, agree to disagree, face the consequences and then, ...