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 ...

The NC Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the congregation of Fifth Avenue United Methodist Church, which was closed last year by the North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church.

The Methodist Church of Simpsonville, as it’s now called, announced its disaffiliation from the United Methodist Church on June 4, according to the lawsuit, and changed its corporate filings to ...

Cynthia B. Astle writes that the current conflict over control of SMU is the latest in a long-simmering dispute.(Ecoscape / Shutterstock) The legal dispute that threatens to separate Southern ...

The dispute, which some critics say tests the church’s autonomy, reached the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday for arguments. By Ruth Graham The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments on ...

Meanwhile, conservative factions in Texas expressed concerns over the church's apparently lax style for enforcing such bans and formed breakaway denominations including the Global Methodist Church.

Three United Methodists were killed in clashes between members of the United Methodist Church of Nigeria and the conservative breakaway Global Methodist Church in Munga Dosso, Taraba State. The ...

SINGAPORE – The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) has elected a new bishop. Reverend Philip Lim, 58, was elected the church’s new head at its 13th General Conference Session from Sept 2 to 6.

TULSA, Okla. — Boston Avenue Methodist Church welcomed Rev. Dr. Sam Powers as the new senior pastor on Sunday. Powers, who grew up participating in the church’s children’s and youth choirs ...

But in the years that followed, some 7,600 U.S. conservative Methodist congregations located mostly in the South left the church over its lack of enforcement of the anti-LGBTQ policies.

Laura Bullard is the senior researcher for Today, Explained, where she has been footnoting and mercilessly splitting hairs since 2021. Last week, hundreds of United Methodist Church (UMC ...

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 certain.