Several Methodist leaders said the third-largest Protestant denomination in the United States is facing a growing divide as conservative clergy push back against liberals they claim are being ...

United Methodist churches across the country are undergoing a historic transformation as many — including 19 in Davidson County — have requested to leave the denomination, while other UM churches that ...

4029's PAUL PETITTE WAS AT THE VAN BUREN CHURCH TODAY. THE NATION'S SECOND- LARGEST PROTESTANT DENOMINATION IS THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. BUT IN ARKANSAS, IT JUST GOT A LITTLE SMALLER AFTER THE ...

The ongoing divide of the United Methodist Church, which used to be the second largest protestant denomination in the U.S. after Southern Baptist Convention, might be a sign of broader societal ...

Members of Louisiana churches that have disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church will likely encounter some small, barely noticeable changes when they return to the pews Sunday. That's if they ...

More than 6,000 United Methodist congregations — a fifth of the U.S. total — have now received permission to leave the denomination amid a schism over theology and the role of LGBTQ+ people in the ...

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 ...

(RNS) — Last week, when the United Methodist Church postponed — for the third time in as many years — a vote on an orderly plan to split the mainline Protestant denomination long riven by disagreement ...

On Wednesday nights a handful of worshippers gather at the white-steepled church on Lafayette Street for a fellowship supper. Most of the congregants are elderly, a faithful remnant who have weathered ...

The new Global Methodist Church will leave the UMC regardless of the General Conference decision, which has been delayed until 2022. Conservative United Methodists have chosen a name for the ...

(RNS) — It was the thing that was supposed to save the United Methodist Church. The Protocol of Reconciliation & Grace Through Separation, brokered by 16 United Methodist bishops and advocacy group ...