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United Methodists open first top-level conference since breakup over LGBTQ inclusion
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThousands of United Methodists are gathering in Charlotte, North Carolina, for their big...
These Idaho churches are breaking away from the United Methodists over LGBTQ rights
Idaho Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe number of churches leaving the United Methodist Church is mounting. Churches in the Pacific...
One fourth of United Methodist churches in US have left in schism over LGBTQ ban. What happens now?
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA quarter of U.S. congregations in the United Methodist Church have received permission to leave the...
439 Texas churches split from United Methodist Church as slow-motion schism continues
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoUnited Methodist Church Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Two of the four United...
Who will lead Oklahoma's United Methodist churches? State could share a bishop with Arkansas
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe ripple effect of recent church exits may result in Oklahoma United Methodists being partnered...
Numerous Oklahoma churches left the United Methodist Church. How did other regions fare?
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA special provision that has dramatically transformed the United Methodist Church has come to an...
Almost 200 western NC Methodist churches leaving the denomination over LGBTQ+ issues
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA liturgical union irrevocably broken ends in divorce on Saturday when almost 200 United Methodist...
United Methodist delegates vote to end bans on gay clergy, same-sex marriage
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAfter decades of intense debate that led to about half of their churches in Kentucky leaving the...
Most United Methodist Church disaffiliations are in the South: Final report outlines latest in...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNASHVILLE, Tenn. – The United Methodist Church, the largest mainline Protestant denomination in the U.S., lost about a quarter of its total churches between 2019 and 2023 due to disaffiliations ...
UMC live updates: United Methodists officially remove same-sex wedding ban
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 month agoCHARLOTTE, N.C. — The historic United Methodist Church legislative summit in Charlotte is on its...