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The splintering of the United Methodist Church
WLRN Miami· 6 days agoOnce the second largest protestant denomination in America, the United Methodist Church lost about a quarter of its members over issues ...
More Methodists mull splitting after conference actions on LGBTQ+ matters | Chattanooga Times Free...
Chattanooga Times Free Press· 2 days agoWeeks after United Methodist delegates' landmark vote to permit same-sex marriage and LGBTQ+ clergy,...
John Van Nostrand: Nice things to do
Creston News Advertiser, Iowa via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoMay 28—The United Methodist Church conference in Missouri offers a sermon series for pastors. One series is about ...
The path of a church
The Williamsport Sun-Gazette· 5 hours agoOver the past couple of weeks the Sun-Gazette has published several Associated Press articles about the momentous changes that took place within the United Methodist ...
Defrocked in 2004 for same-sex relationship, a faithful Methodist is reinstated as pastor
OurQuadCities· 7 days agoTwenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked as a United Methodist Church pastor after telling her...
United Methodists scrap their anti-gay bans. A woman who defied them seeks reinstatement as pastor |...
Chattanooga Times Free Press· 3 days agoIn a church trial, she was found guilty of violating “Christian teaching” because she had...
Methodist pastors: Church views grow through fresh interpretations of Bible
Post-Bulletin· 4 days agoAs clergy in the United Methodist Church, we strongly disagree with Thomas’ characterization of our...
Lesbian United Methodist pastor, defrocked in 2004, readmitted to clergy ranks in Pennsylvania
The Washington Times· 6 days agoThe Rev. Irene Elizabeth “Beth” Stroud was expelled from the ministry in 2004 in a move consistent with the denomination’s then-policy barring active homosexuals from the clergy. According to ...
Same sex marriages OK’d at Quapaw Quarter United Methodist | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 4 days agoWeeks after the nation's second-largest Protestant denomination dropped its ban on same-sex...
Services announced by local churches - Gazette Journal
Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal· 7 days agoSunday service in Antioch Baptist Church, Susan. Bellamy United Methodist Church, Gloucester, will celebrate Trinity Sunday at the 8: ...