DECATUR — Residents traveling south on Main Street in Decatur on Tuesday may have noticed crews removing the flame portion of a giant cross towering over Grace United Methodist Church.

More than half of the United Methodist churches across Alabama have disaffiliated from the denomination, and the signs are becoming obvious – churches are literally changing their signs ...

one without the cross and flame logo of the UMC. Last month, the vote of their church, along with 58 others in Louisiana, to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church was approved, part of a ...

The UMC Conference also noted that churches will be responsible for hiring their own pastors and must remove the words “United Methodist” and the cross and flame symbol from the properties.

Wesley must cease all use of “United Methodist,” the cross and flame insignia and any other intellectual property of the denomination and Annual Conference, including removal of all signage ...

It can longer be a United Methodist congregation, and the clause indicates that all symbols like the cross and flame have to be removed, things like that,” Rev Sikes said. “And then just a lot of ...

One-fifth of United Methodist congregations in the United States have received permission to leave the denomination over disagreements over same-sex marriage and gay preachers. In annual ...

Holy Cross United Methodist Church, which has locations at 329 N. Fifth St., Reading, and 831 N. Wyomissing Blvd., Wyomissing, will celebrate its 200th anniversary today and Sunday There will be a ...