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 Rev. Robert Lyzenga was suspended by the church council a day after his arrest May 10, 2012. His pastoral position was eventually terminated by the regional governing body of the denomination.

Following splintering in United Methodist Church, denomination's top legislative ... worldwide — and created a predicament for the UMC Council of Bishops and ultimately a decision by the ...

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 ...

The Lowcountry church would join several others that have left the United Methodist Church in recent years. Some 7,600 congregations nationwide, or a quarter of all UMC churches, have ...