“Liberia was the birthplace of the United Methodist Church on the continent of Africa in the 1800s,” said Knight, of the advocacy group United Methodist Africa Forum. The church has developed ...

Yohanna, now a bishop with the Global Methodist Church, was a leading African voice for churches to leave the UMC in a factional rivalry against pro-UMC churches in Nigeria led by Yohanna’s ...

As United Methodist Church splinters with traditionalists leaving breakaway denomination, questions remain about churches outside U.S. Many expected African churches to be among those which leave.

Leaders of Africa Methodist Church have called on Christians in Africa to come out with new paradigms that can transform the continent in every sphere of life for the betterment of the people.

With over 1.2 million members, the West African country's church has one of the denomination’s largest overseas followers. The United Methodist Church has about 5.4 million members in the United ...

The United Methodist Church lost one-fourth of its U.S. churches in a recent schism, with conservatives departing over disputes on sexuality and theology. Now, with the approach of its first ...