Note: This story has been updated to clarify new United Methodist rules regarding same-sex weddings. In recent years, the United Methodist pastor, Nathan Malone, has encouraged his church to model ...

First Methodist Church of Irving announced it has officially joined the Global Methodist Church Saturday after officially disaffiliating from the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church ...

The United Methodist Church has announced a proposal to split following an impasse over the debate on gay marriage and LGBTQ inclusion in the church, The Washington Post reports. The proposed plan ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The United Methodist Church, the largest mainline Protestant denomination in the U.S., lost about a quarter of its total churches between 2019 and 2023 due to disaffiliations, ...

More churches have disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church as the prominent Protestant denomination continues its split along lines of progressive and traditional theology. On Saturday, 96 ...

More than half of the United Methodist churches across Alabama have disaffiliated from the denomination, and the signs are becoming obvious – churches are literally changing their signs, reflecting ...

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ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (WKRG) — It is a turbulent time for United Methodist Church members. Congregations have until the end of the year to decide if they want to remain with the UMC or disaffiliate. The ...

The Central Korean United Methodist Church in Overland Park is one of several looking to leave the denomination over LGBTQ issues. The departure of the churches in Kansas and Nebraska comes as UMC ...

HIGH POINT, N.C. — A High Point church joins a growing list of congregations splitting from the United Methodist Church. Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church announced Wednesday that they voted to ...

Well over 250 United Methodist congregations in Kentucky recently voted to split from their parent denomination, the United Methodist Church. Members of the denomination's Kentucky Annual Conference ...

Eight more churches disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church on Sunday, including the 4,936-member Christ Methodist Church in Mobile, one of the city’s largest congregations. Christ Methodist ...