Yet the volunteers who make prayer blankets at Alpharetta Methodist Church understand being surrounded with warmth is a year-round essential. For the past 23 years, members of the church have ...

The procession will end at Alpharetta United Methodist Church, where a celebration of life service is scheduled for 11 a.m.

One church that saw particularly heavy debate was St. James United Methodist Church in Alpharetta. The congregation, established in 1867, has grown to 3,600 members, according to its website.

A quarter of Methodist congregations in the U.S. are leaving the United Methodist Church as one of the country's largest Protestant denominations wrestles with issues of sexuality and gender identity.

Bishop Karen Oliveto is retiring in a few months as a United Methodist bishop. Oliveto was emotional saying those words aloud. As the church's first openly gay bishop, her path was not always certain.

The Global Methodist Church, a new, more conservative Methodist denomination, announced Thursday it will officially launch in May, the biggest step so far in the highly anticipated split of the ...

By Ruth Graham Ruth Graham writes about faith and religion, and visited a Methodist church in Southlake, Texas. With 17,000 members, White’s Chapel Methodist Church in Southlake, Texas ...

The United Methodist Church, one of the largest Protestant denominations in the U.S., has voted to repeal its ban on LGBTQ clergy as well as prohibitions on its ministers from officiating at same ...