A growing schism over LGBTQ+ issues within the United Methodist Church has prompted a quarter of congregations to leave as a Dec. 31 deadline nears.

The United Methodist Church just held a historic vote in favor of LGBT inclusion. Here's what that means for the organization's future By Sarah Maddox Updated on: May 9, 2024 / 10:21 AM EDT / CBS News ...

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 ...

The United Methodist Church overturned its 40-year ban on gay clergy Wednesday, during a meeting of the church’s top legislative body in Charlotte, North Carolina.

In the last four years, more than 7,600 congregations across the U.S. have received approval to leave the United Methodist Church. Nearly three-quarters of those exits occurred this year.

A quarter of the denomination’s churches have left, as the faith divides over L.G.B.T.Q. policies. By Ruth Graham Ruth Graham writes about faith and religion, and visited a Methodist church in ...

Some are slated to join the Global Methodist Church, which is a conservative international Methodist denomination that formally began May 1. At a special session of the General Conference in 2019 ...

The United Methodist Church is facing a crisis that will define its future. Roughly a quarter of its 30,000 congregations in the U.S. are leaving over the church's views on marriage, sexuality and ...

The Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas. The school, which was founded by Methodists more than a century ago, is trying to extricate itself from the United Methodist Church.

First Methodist Church of Irving announced it has joined the traditionalist Global Methodist Church after recently disaffiliating from the United Methodist Church. In a written statement, the ...

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 ...