The Rev. Carol Gullatt, pastor of the Abundant Grace church plant for United Methodists in Albertville,, accepts a United Methodist cross and flame logo sign from the Rev. Steve West.

DECATUR – Residents traveling south down Main Street in Decatur on Tuesday may have noticed crews removing the flame portion of a giant cross towering over Grace United Methodist Church.

READING, Pa. - The Berks Jazz Fest kicked off on Sunday morning with a worship service at the Holy Cross United Methodist Church in downtown Reading. Dave Kline played some upbeat music to bring ...

Further down La. 21, Waldheim United Methodist Church has already put up its new sign, Waldheim Methodist Church — minus the distinctive logo. But the process of leaving has been far from simple.

The old hymnals and pew bibles in Pastor Danny Motta’s West Frankfort church featuring a familiar cross-and-flame insignia are gone. The church has a new logo and a new name, too.

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.

One-fifth of United Methodist congregations in the United States have received permission to leave the denomination over disagreements over same-sex marriage and gay preachers. In annual ...

Further down La. 21, Waldheim United Methodist Church has already put up its new sign, Waldheim Methodist Church — minus the distinctive logo. But the process of leaving has been far from simple.

DETROW: And United Methodist Church has lost about a quarter of its congregations, mostly traditionalists, in recent years because of these fights over queer inclusion. But I'm wondering.

Holy Cross United Methodist Church, which has locations at 329 N. Fifth St., Reading, and 831 N. Wyomissing Blvd., Wyomissing, will celebrate its 200th anniversary today and Sunday ...

But over 6,000 U.S. congregations have left the United Methodist Church since 2019, according to an unofficial tally by the United Methodist News Service. Over 4,000 of them have left in 2023 alone.