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

The Global Methodist Church (GMC), a conservative denomination formed from a schism with the United Methodist Church (UMC), is focusing on its own growth and mission. The schism, largely driven by ...

This Sunday, a biologically male pastor at a United Methodist Church in upstate New York announced that he no longer considers himself to be a man and that he is embracing a new identity as a woman.

A long-running battle between one of the state’s largest churches and several of its local congregations is heading for one South Carolina judge’s desk. S.C. Chief Justice John Kittredge has ...

A United Methodist official testified on Friday in Houston County court that Harvest Church in Dothan is subject to the denomination’s trust clause even if founding members of the church were unaware ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) -A lawsuit between one of Dothan’s largest churches and United Methodist denomination leaders reached the courtroom this week, where a judge will hear testimony in a trial ...

The Texas Supreme Court ruled June 27, 2025, that the United Methodist Church can sue Southern Methodist University to enforce more control over the school, which the church founded in 1911. The ...

A contentious, six-year legal battle between the United Methodist Church and Southern Methodist University is coming before the Texas Supreme Court today. The controversy centers around who maintains ...

Sixty-eight Arkansas congregations that left the United Methodist Church have joined the Global Methodist Church, a denomination formed in the midst of the breakup as a landing place for those leaving ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Houston County Circuit Judge Chris Richardson has ruled in favor of Harvest Church in a legal battle with the United Methodist Church. In his judgment, Richardson said that ...

St. James United Methodist Church in Churchville plans a bicentennial celebration with a bishop's service and weekend events.

David Dangerfield is as close to a lifelong United Methodist as you’re likely to find. His parents met at Ebenezer Church in Moncks Corner, where his father was the music minister and his mother was ...