Following splintering in United Methodist Church, denomination's top legislative assembly approved historic changes in early May toward LGBTQ+ inclusion and to restructure denomination. In ...

The United Methodist Church has made a series of decisions to become more welcoming of LGBTQ people. The moves have also driven away many conservative Methodists. We saw major changes this week in ...

Why Is The United Methodist Church Changing Its Lgbtq+ Policies? The changes at this year’s General Conference are the culmination of a yearslong reckoning that prompted a historic schism in the ...

Two South Shore Methodist churches recently merged their parishes, and will come up with a new name in the next year.

The school sought to leave the church because of differences over gay marriage and clergy. The court did not decide whether ...

The case of whether or not SMU can split from the church was sent back to trial court for further proceedings.

The UMC General Conference also reversed a prohibition on United Methodist clergy and churches blessing same-sex unions, lifted a so-called funding ban on United Methodist agencies supporting ...

Karen Kistler [email protected] SALISBURY — First United Methodist Church of Salisbury is welcoming a new ...

The Texas high court issued a mostly unanimous opinion June 27 upholding the regional unit’s right to governance over SMU.

In a legal win for the UMC, the Texas Supreme Court last week ruled that the church's South Central Jurisdictional Conference ...

Pastor Wayne Alloway retires Sunday after 23 years of serving St. Mark's in Lincoln, the largest United Methodist congregation in the state.

Criminalizing the basic human need to sleep does not help solve our homelessness crisis. Our faith guides us toward a ...