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 ...

A new Methodist denomination's recent announcement of its official launch as a more conservative alternative to the United Methodist Church was attention-grabbing news. But the new denomination ...

By the end of 2023, the United Methodist Church will be significantly less united, torn asunder by a host of issues but mostly over how to address same-sex marriage and gay clergy. Schism over ...

Protesters chant during the United Methodist Church's special session of the General Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, on Feb. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Sid Hastings) ...

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 ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Members of the conferences approved a vote that allowed each individual congregation to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church this weekend. The preliminary results ...

As United Methodist Church congregations across the U.S. leave over LGBTQ inclusion, one East Texas community is rent asunder.

According to CBS News, the United Methodist Church will have an opportunity to modernize its laws come 2024. Those who departed may choose to join the Global Methodist Church, which was formed in ...

Lawson said they are no longer part of the United Methodist Church. According to him, they never agreed to any Trust Clause and will still operate. “We have left them and continued to have ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - One of Louisiana’s largest Methodist churches has voted to leave the United Methodist denomination. First United Methodist Church in Shreveport joins close to 90 other churches ...

The United Methodist Church's Council of Bishops, ending a five-day meeting on Friday, April 29, 2022, acknowledged the inevitable breakup of their denomination, which will gain momentum during ...

He said his congregation is not joining the more than 400 UMC churches in Texas, including an estimated five in Waco, that voted to join The Global United Methodist Church, which holds more ...