Plan to give regional autonomy to United Methodists outside U.S. passes, a historic win following splintering sparked by disputes over LGBTQ+ rights.

Seventy-five churches in Missouri disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church last month, including Schweitzer Church in Springfield and a few others in the Ozarks region. The Missouri Annual ...

The United Methodist Church will allow regions of the global body to maintain biblical standards on sexual ethics, following ...

Hymnals and Bibles sit in pews during a service at Elizabeth Street United Methodist Church on Sunday, July 31, 2022, in Durham, N.C. Kaitlin McKeown [email protected] The United Methodist ...

With their denomination headed for schism, Arkansas United Methodists are debating whether to stay, leave or wait awhile to see what happens. A new, more conservative denomination, the Global ...

WEBER CITY, Va. (WJHL) – As part of a larger schism within the United Methodist Church (UMC) denomination, one local church has decided to break away to a newly-formed church that they believe offers ...

Bishop Karen Oliveto sees her consecration in 2016 as a breaking point for some of the thousands of people who have made the once unthinkable decision to leave the United Methodist Church. Oliveto is ...

The United Methodist Church is splintering over LGBTQ issues. Episcopalians, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Baptists have battled over sexuality in their own denominations. File photo The North Carolina ...

Churches sent $15.8 million to the SCUMC in 2021. The state's FY23 budget is $15.6 million. SCUMC isn't allowing churches to leave on the same path more than 300 churches have used nationwide. Bishop ...