A quarter of Methodist congregations in the U.S. are leaving the United Methodist Church as one of the country's largest Protestant denominations wrestles with issues of sexuality and gender ...

Bishop Karen Oliveto is retiring in a few months as a United Methodist bishop. Oliveto was emotional saying those words aloud. As the church's first openly gay bishop, her path was not always ...

Viola Fisher joined First United Methodist Church in Massillon 100 years ago. Fisher, who is 102, has been a faithful member ever since. Fisher was a school teacher before retiring in 1984.

HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) – One of the United Methodist Church’s largest, oldest and most revered places of worship in the western half of North Carolina will be leaving the denomination. Membe… ...

Meanwhile, the United Methodist church remains the nation's largest Protestant denomination with more than 6.2 million members in the U.S. according to 2020 data. Conference pens an open letter ...

In March, the couple chose to cut bait and left for another United Methodist church about 5 miles north of their home in Oak Ridge, North Carolina, a small, bedroom community of Greensboro.

Kenneth Harada, age 86 of Fredericksburg, IA died Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at his home. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 3rd at The United Methodist Church in ...

The United Methodist Church is the country’s second-largest Protestant denomination, numbering 6.4 million U.S. members and 13 million worldwide. Carter was not immediately available to comment.

A service to celebrate the life of Kenneth L. “Ken” Burgess, is scheduled at 1:00 PM on Saturday, June 10, 2023, at First United Methodist Church, Lubbock, followed by a time of fellowship ...

A religious schism has turned deadly in Nigeria, with a church member fatally shot and two young children killed as homes were set ablaze, according to United Methodist News Service.

The United Methodist Church in North Carolina is divided into Eastern and Western Conferences that are separated along county lines on a north-south axis from the Virginia border to South Carolina.

The Global Methodist Church, a new, more conservative Methodist denomination, announced Thursday it will officially launch in May, the biggest step so far in the highly anticipated split of the ...