Jul. 13—It's official. On Tuesday, east Cobb's Mt. Bethel Church became fully independent, leaving the United Methodist denomination, retaining control of its property and dropping the words ...

Jun. 3—East Cobb's Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church must pay $13.1 million to the Methodist denomination in order to leave and become an independent church, lawyers involved in the case ...

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A metro Atlanta church will pay more than $13.1 million to leave its denomination after a year-long battle with conference leaders. Lawyers confirmed to Channel 2 Action News ...

Channel 2 Action News reported on the Mt. Bethel and the North Georgia Methodist Conference multi-million settlement last month. The Cobb County church confirmed it paid the $13.1 million this week.

East Cobb’s Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church must pay $13.1 million to the Methodist denomination in order to leave and become an independent church, lawyers involved in the case confirmed.

East Cobb’s Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church has raised more than half of the $13.1 million needed as part of a mediated settlement that will allow it to become independent of the denomination ...

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A local judge ruled that a congregation has the right to leave the United Methodist Church without a fight. Mt. Bethel Church in Cobb County was one of the first churches to ...

Jul. 3—Steven Usry, selected this spring to take the reins at Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church in east Cobb, has penned a letter criticizing its leaders and vowing that he will "not be ...

Photo by MARK H. HUNTER -- Four generations of the Shaffer family attend Bethel United Methodist Church, which is celebrating its 200th anniversary. Laverne Shaffer, 86, seated center, is flanked ...

DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Saturday morning, friends, family, and colleagues gathered at Bethel United Methodist Church to honor the life of Dorchester County EMS Casey Ward. Ward, 34 ...