The United Methodist Church General Conference, which is the international legislative assembly for the denomination that meets every four years, will take place April 22 - May 3 in Charlotte. The ...

An effort to remove anti-LGBTQ+ restrictions at the UMC General Conference emerged in response to decades of traditionalist legislative wins. While also removing anti-LGBTQ+ restrictions, progressive ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The United Methodist Church’s top legislative assembly got off to an earlier-than-expected start when it swiftly approved key measures to refashion the denomination’s global ...

The General Conference of the United Methodist Church in Charlotte is the first one that Robin Dease is attending as a bishop. And it’s likely the last one that retired Bishop Sharon Zimmerman Rader, ...

The United Methodist Church, while declining for decades in its American version, has been growing exponentially in Africa. As part of United Methodists worldwide, Africans have a large say in what ...

The United Methodist General Conference on Thursday completed adoption of its new Social Principles document, a statement of beliefs, and for the first time in 52 years, it won’t include the phrase: ...

The dismantling of Mississippi's Methodist denomination was on full display Wednesday in Tupelo. Mississippi United Methodist Conference's eligible voters agreed to ratify the disaffiliations of 189 ...

Bishop Robin Dease grew up in a family with 12 brothers and sisters. With that many children, there was always something to fight about, recalled Dease, who shared the story during her packed ...

RUWA, ZIMBABWE — United Methodist clergy and laity excitedly greeted Zimbabwe bishop Rev. Gift T. Machinga, welcoming him and his vision for the Southern African nation. Machinga, elected in March, is ...

The Arkansas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church has ratified the disaffiliation requests for all 67 congregations that wished to break from the church. The disaffiliation agreement for ...