The United Methodist Judicial Council ... church property. The ruling, which came in response to a request for a declaratory decision from the Arkansas Annual Conference, noted that while UMC ...

The new denomination announced its plans on the same day the UMC postponed its General ... chairman of the Global Methodist Church's transitional leadership council, said in a statement.

The United Methodist Church’s splintering has prompted ... ministry of making disciples of Jesus Christ.” The UMC—with more than 9 million members of its own on four continents—is both the council’s ...