At the recent North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church meeting in Birmingham, Yarnell received the 2025 Denman Evangelism Award for clergy.

A mission team from Columbus’ First United Methodist Church recently spent a week in Panajechel, Guatemala building a kitchen and cafeteria extension for a school there.

A branch of the United Methodist Church sued the university after it amended its articles of incorporation without the group’s approval in 2019.

Members of St. Paul's United Methodist Church are celebrating 65 years of worship with the community.