United Methodist Bishop Jonathan Holston, who was ceremonially installed Sunday night as head of the North Alabama Conference, addressed the controversy over the denomination’s decision earlier this ...
The United Methodist Church has filed a lawsuit against a breakaway beach church that dropped UMC affiliation from its charter but kept two appointed clergy on staff and banned denominational ...
After decades of passionate advocacy, those supporting LGBTQ inclusion in the United Methodist Church finally achieved their goals at last year’s general conference. With the advocates’ persistent ...
The United Methodist Church will allow regions of the global body to maintain biblical standards on sexual ethics, following the denomination's vote last year to remove such rules. Amendment I, which ...
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 news service ...
(RNS) — A bishop in the United Methodist Church since 2012, the Rev. Debra Wallace-Padgett will lead an umbrella group of more than 80 Methodist denominations around the world. (RNS) — In August, the ...
"Except for the general conference, no body or entity in the church has the power to reinstate or replicate ¶2553 or adopt legislation, policies, guidelines, rules or regulations authorizing the ...
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 news service ...