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The United Methodist Church says they have the authority to close churches who leave the denomination, but several are willing to put that to the test.
A Waurika congregation's planned exit from the United Methodist Church hit a snag, but church members are seeing good things come from it.
The direction of the United Methodist Church is being discussed at its annual conference in Lakeland this week.
opinion Commentary United Methodist Church should control SMU Lawsuit is the latest in a long-simmering disagreement, but the issue of control has been settled since 1911.
United Methodist Church of Geneva will host its spring rummage sale from Thursday, April 24, to Sunday, April 26, at the church, 211 Hamilton St. in downtown Geneva.
Southern Methodist University in Dallas tried to declare its independence after the church voted to ban gay weddings and clergy in 2019.
Will South Carolina Supreme Court allow Methodist churches to leave United Methodist Church over LGBTQ+ differences? New lawsuit seeks to keep church property.
In a new round of rulings this month on lawsuits by breakaway churches against the United Methodist Church’s Alabama-West Florida Conference, judges in Coffee County and Dale County declined the ...
CLEVELAND (WJW) – Cory United Methodist Church on East 105th Street in Cleveland was founded in 1875 and moved to its current location in the 1940s. It’s known as one of the oldest African ...
A branch of the United Methodist Church sued the university after it amended its articles of incorporation without the group’s approval in 2019.