With 17,000 members, White’s Chapel Methodist Church ... United Methodists, more than 40 percent of churches have left. “It’s significant, and it’s been at a high cost,” said Thomas ...

Built by the hands of freedmen after Emancipation, Thomas Chapel United Methodist Church pre-dates the city surrounding it. The builder's descendants are working with preservationists to keep the ...

Bishop Thomas Bickerton told the United Methodist Church’s Council of Bishops it was time to pivot, as the denomination has been losing churches since a 2019 special session of its General ...