The changes immediately open new doors for LGBTQ members — but over a quarter of U.S. congregations have already left the UMC, and more could follow.

Therefore, self-avowed practicing homosexuals are not to be certified as candidates, ordained as ministers, or appointed to serve in the United Methodist Church” (p. 226).

A multi-year fight over whether Southern Methodist University can separate itself from the United Methodist Church is heading to Texas’ highest court this month.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Seventy-Two Triad congregations recently made the decision to leave their church. WFMY News 2’s Itinease McMiller spoke with a church in Greensboro about the decision to ...

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 ...

The largest mainline Protestant denomination in the U.S. is shrinking due to disputes over LGBTQ+ clergy and same-sex marriage. About 20% of United Methodist congregations have left in recent years.

Image. More than a quarter of United Methodist Church congregations have departed the denomination in recent years as it has grappled with disagreements over same-sex marriage and gay clergy.

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 ...

There has been a seismic shift within the United Methodist Church after it voted to lift bans on LGBTQ+ clergy and same-sex marriages. The move led some 7,600 conservative Methodist congregations ...

According to CBS News, the United Methodist Church will have an opportunity to modernize its laws come 2024.. Those who departed may choose to join the Global Methodist Church, which was formed in ...

Stan Copeland, senior pastor at Lovers Lane United Methodist Church based in Preston Hollow, said his congregation, which he described as a diverse, originally was not going to vote on disaffiliation.