A quarter of Methodist congregations in the U.S. are leaving the United Methodist Church as one of the country's largest Protestant denominations wrestles with issues of sexuality and gender identity.

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 ...

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.

Bishop Karen Oliveto sees her consecration in 2016 as a breaking point for some of the thousands of people who have made the once unthinkable decision to leave the United Methodist Church.

By Ruth Graham Ruth Graham writes about faith and religion, and visited a Methodist church in Southlake, Texas. With 17,000 members, White’s Chapel Methodist Church in Southlake, Texas ...

The United Methodist Church, one of the largest Protestant denominations in the U.S., has voted to repeal its ban on LGBTQ clergy as well as prohibitions on its ministers from officiating at same ...

The United Methodist Church overturned its 40-year ban on gay clergy Wednesday, marking a historic shift in the church’s stance on homosexuality. The church has long been divided into factions ...

Boyette, who serves as a top staff person at the newly established Global Methodist Church, calls it a "rebellion" by some liberal clergy who refuse to abide by the church's rules, resulting in an ...

Like thousands of others across the country who once belonged to the United Methodist Church, Tiger is no longer affiliated with the organization that has shaped much of his life. Born in a small ...

First Methodist Church of Irving announced it has officially joined the Global Methodist Church Saturday after officially disaffiliating from the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist ...

But in the years that followed, some 7,600 U.S. conservative Methodist congregations located mostly in the South left the church over its lack of enforcement of the anti-LGBTQ policies.

The dispute, which some critics say tests the church’s autonomy, reached the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday for arguments. By Ruth Graham The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments on ...