Ten years ago, Benedict XVI issued a new decree that would create three new Catholic dioceses with English Christian patrimony called personal ordinariates and they would also receive Anglican, ...

The worldwide Anglican Communion heads toward a schism as United Methodists embark on a restructuring plan putting ...

A Georgia congregation said Thursday that it has finalized its split from the United Methodist Church after the denomination's divisive vote last year to strengthen bans on same-sex marriage and ...

There are people in the pews, dollars in the collection plates, and 65 million Americans who claim to be Protestants. But the outwardly prosperous Christian churches are beset with inner anxiety.

As hundreds of United Methodist churches in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle have voted to disaffiliate since last year, members who remained loyal to the denomination were left behind, looking for ...

(RNS) — The thinning of the UMC’s conservative ranks makes this week’s conference a perfect time to address the issue. They have also passed a number of petitions on social issues, including one ...

With entrenched camps miles apart on the issue of homosexuality, the United Methodist Church is careening toward a fateful choice: either split into two segments along ideological lines or radically ...

Here’s why the new denomination may or may not fit the label. Religious historians have often divided American Protestantism into two neat camps: mainline and evangelical. Mainliners are seen as more ...

United Methodists have for generations been a mainstay of the American religious landscape — one of the most geographically widespread of the major Protestant denominations, their steeples visible on ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Here’s an interesting reader comment on my piece on the tensions over ...

The United Methodist Church is meeting for its quadrennial general conference. The most contentious issue facing the church is the role of LGBT members. Despite protests, the denomination is holding ...

For Kristine Cousler, her congregation's departure from the United Methodist Church felt like a “forced divorce.” “My life changed,” she said, “because of someone else’s decision.” Like hundreds of ...