(RNS) — If the United Methodist Church wants to reach younger, more ethnically diverse people, it must focus on densely ...

Worshippers in five Haywood County United Methodist Churches learned they would be getting a new pastor on “announcement ...

One-fifth of United Methodist congregations in the United States have received permission to leave the denomination over disagreements over same-sex marriage and gay preachers. In annual conferences ...

For the Iowa Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, aging congregations, shifting demographics and costly building ...

Many of you may be surprised to know that politicians and preachers are often friends while on earth. They actually run in the same circles in their communities, as well as around the state. It has ...

This is one of a series of stories related to the 250th anniversary of the arrival of Methodist leader Francis Asbury in the United States. (RNS) — It was 250 years ago this month that Francis Asbury, ...

The Rev. Bonnie McCubbin’s first task in her new job as archivist for the local branch of a major denomination was far from soul-stirring. It was to sort through thousands of files assigned to her ...