The congregation had hoped to take assets like the church building with them through a disaffiliation process, but the group missed the Dec. 31, 2023, deadline to do so. The United Methodist ...

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.

After nearly 200 years, the last Methodist church in the City of Albany, the Trinity United Methodist Church, will close at the end of June.

Spending deficit and decrease in church attendance leading Trinity United Methodist Church to close in June, officials say.

The Richfield United Methodist Church congregation is hoping to buy back their building after they voted to leave the United Methodist Church.

Pensacola's oldest methodist Church, First UMC of Pensacola, is 204 years old, with stained glass 115 years old. Now those windows shine anew.

A historic downtown Wilmington church that was forced to close last year now has a chance to reopen thanks to a favorable legal ruling.

The Methodist Church of Simpsonville thought it left the United Methodist denomination behind. A new lawsuit demands the church surrender money and property.

In response, the conference sued Southern Methodist, arguing that the university did not have the authority to declare independence without the church’s approval.

The Texas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in an ongoing legal saga between the United Methodist Church and Southern Methodist University over who governs the university.

Southern Methodist University in Dallas tried to declare its independence after the church voted to ban gay weddings and clergy in 2019.