Jun. 9—OSAGE — The First United Methodist Church in Osage will say goodbye to its historic building later this year and move to the former Masonic Lodge after the building is remodeled. A ...

OSAGE – The First United Methodist Church in Osage will say goodbye to its historic building later this year and move to the former Masonic Lodge after the building is ...

The Iowa Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church voted Tuesday to allow 83 churches — 11% of the state's total — to disaffiliate over LGBTQ rights.

The United Methodist Church's disaffiliation plan will expire on Dec. 31, 2023, and the Iowa Conference anticipates some 40 more churches will leave by November.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Nearly five dozen more Iowa United Methodist Churches are leaving the denomination. Fifty-nine Iowa churches disagreed and will no longer be a part of the UMC.

ELLSWORTH, Iowa (KCCI) - People at a 120-year-old church in central Iowa are trying to keep it from closing at the end of the month. The Ellsworth United Methodist Church, in Ellsworth in Hamilton ...

83 Iowa churches leave United Methodist in growing divide Several pastors say disagreements with the church go beyond LGBT issues Jami Martin-Trainor May. 28, 2023 6:00 am, Updated: Jul. 7, 2023 9 ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Iowa Capitol Bureau) - 59 additional Iowa churches are leaving the United Methodist Church. In 2019, the General Conference of the United Methodist Church reaffirmed its ban ...

The 83 Iowa churches will no longer be part of the United Methodist Church after June 30. The list of churches includes 28 from Eastern Iowa, including four from Dubuque and two from Marion.

Delegates voted 692-51 to repeal the ban. The Iowa delegation makes up a portion of those who voted to repeal it. It goes into effect on Friday. "I saw people who grew up in a church in which they ...

Manchester United Methodist Church. (KMCH photo) Dozens of Iowa churches are ending their affiliation with the United Methodist Church after a rift developed over Biblical teachings.