AUSTIN — A regional branch of the United Methodist Church with jurisdiction over Southern Methodist University can sue SMU for breach-of-contract claims as a third-party beneficiary, the Texas ...

A mission team from Columbus’ First United Methodist Church recently spent a week in Panajechel, Guatemala building a kitchen and cafeteria extension for a school there.

Liturgical Dancers start the beginning of worship during the annual Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference of the UMC at First United Methodist Church in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Monday, June 17, 2024.

The changes immediately open new doors for LGBTQ members — but over a quarter of U.S. congregations have already left the UMC, and more could follow.

Grimes United Methodist Church, the only Methodist church in the Des Moines metro to leave, must pay about $119,000 in apportionments and more than $68,000 in pension obligations, according to its ...

Following historic splintering in denomination, United Methodist Church saw major policy and administrative changes this year. As part of that, many U.S. bishops received new assignments.

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 ...

Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference, or the United Methodist Church's regional authority, held annual legislative assembly in Murfreesboro on June 17-19. Following historic conflict in UMC and ...

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 ...

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 ...

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: 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 ...

In the past five years, more than 7,600 churches have cut their ties to the United Methodist Church, the nation’s second-largest Protestant denomination — about 25% of its 30,000 churches have ...