The Book of Discipline outlines the law, doctrine, administration, organizational work and procedures of the United Methodist Church. Either "the Bible is your authority, the Scriptures are your ...

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.

Smith is the pastor of Auburn United Methodist Church and an Elder of the Alabama-West Florida United Methodist Conference. They met for their annual meeting June 8-10, and he said that is when ...

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 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 ...

and the denomination’s legislative arm will meet in Charlotte in April to chart a new way forward for those that remain. In the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church ...

The Central Korean United ... will chart their own futures after settling with the church over property, pensions and other administrative matters. According to United Methodist News, nearly ...

The Florida Conference of the United Methodist ... church’s leadership is concerned about broader issues. “These include, but are not limited to, differences in doctrine, social focus ...

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.

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 ...