Current and former members of Jonesboro's First United Methodist Church have agreed to settle the litigation that had entangled one of the denomination's largest U.S. congregations. The agreement, ...

Mark Hipps-Figgs offers a prayer request during a service of Elizabeth Street United Methodist Church on Sunday, July 31, 2022, in Durham, N.C. Mark and Maxie Hipps-Figgs were the first gay couple to ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Disagreements over same sex marriage and abortion rights are causing disruption in the United Methodist Church, which resulted in hundreds of congregations in the state of Texas ...

LUBBOCK, Texas -- The Northwest Texas Annual Conference of United Methodist Churches started like a regular church service. Participants sang, took communion, then prayed before voting to split from ...

LUBBOCK (TEXAS TRIBUNE) - The Northwest Texas Annual Conference of United Methodist Churches started like a regular church service. Participants sang, took communion, then prayed before voting to ...

A lawyer representing multiple congregations facing legal hurdles in their attempts to leave the largest mainline Methodist denomination in the U.S. said the battles are ultimately financial. "It's ...

When United Methodists from throughout Kentucky met in Owensboro June 4-7 for our 2023 Annual Conference, much was made in news reports about the 286 churches that were approved to leave the ...

While more than 2,000 United Methodist congregations across the country have been given permission to leave the denomination, three in Arkansas were denied a similar opportunity last month despite ...

As hundreds of United Methodist congregations in Eastern North Carolina leave the denomination, thousands of members who disagreed with the disaffiliation process may find themselves spiritually ...

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