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 ...

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 ...

The ongoing divide of the United Methodist Church, which used to be the second largest protestant denomination in the U.S. after Southern Baptist Convention, might be a sign of broader societal ...

Editor’s Note: This is one of three stories on a split in the United Methodist Church (UMC) as some congregations have elected to “disaffiliate” due to conflicts — including an ongoing debate over ...

More than 1,500 churches left the United Methodist Church this fall, joining others that left this summer or previous years amid an ongoing splintering. The launch of a new splinter denomination in ...

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 ...

More than 250 Kentucky congregations of the United Methodist Church have split from their parent denomination, effectively shrinking the sect's size to just over half of what it was in the state. A ...

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 ...