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United Methodists to close and sell UAB ministry house near Dreamland BBQ
Birmingham News· 35 minutes agoThe North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church has voted to close the Wesley Foundation...
United Methodists to lose 12% of global membership as African churches exit over LGBTQ-friendly move
The Washington Times· 5 days agoThe United Methodist Church is on track to shed roughly 12% of its membership this week when the...
United Methodist split: Alabama Supreme Court rejects appeal by 44 churches blocked from leaving
Birmingham News· 19 hours agoThe appeal was filed Nov. 13, after Montgomery Circuit Judge Brooke E. Reid dismissed the...
Oklahoma United Methodists to meet for first time after exits, LGBTQ+ restrictions removed
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 6 days agoOklahoma United Methodist Churches will have chance to discuss decisions made at national conference...
United Methodist Church ends 40-year gay ban
The Times of Northwest Indiana· 4 days agoThe United Methodist Church (UMC) has ended its 40-year ban on gay clergy, marking a significant shift for the denomination ...
Methodists end anti-gay bans, closing 50 years of battles over sexuality for mainline Protestants
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 1 day agoCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It took just a few days for United Methodist delegates to remove a half-century's worth of denominational bans on gay clergy and
New pastor for two local churches invites community to worship and barbecue event - East Idaho News
EastIdahoNews.com· 2 days agoElizabeth McVicker found faith when she immigrated to the U.S. with her parents as a child. As of...
The first two Commandments might be the best approach to religious disagreements | Opinion
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy via AOL· 5 days agoI want to pass along one of those responses. Recently, I wrote a column about the United Methodist ...
‘We create space for diversity to thrive’: Honolulu’s UMC
KHON 2 Honolulu· 6 days agoIn May during the United Methodist Church’s (UMC) General Conference held in Charlotte, North...
Defrocked in 2004 for same-sex relationship, a faithful Methodist is reinstated as pastor
The Times and Democrat· 5 days agoTwenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked as a United Methodist Church pastor after telling her...