Trinity United Methodist Church is seen on Friday at Lark and Lancaster streets in Albany. The church is planning to close in June. Trinity United Methodist Church is seen on Friday at Lark and ...

The S.C. Supreme Court granted an extension to June 4 on the case filed by 11 congregations against the S.C. United Methodist Conference. The new deadline to respond falls just days before the ...

RICHFIELD — Five generations of Linda Engle’s family worshipped at Richfield United Methodist Church before she and the congregation decided in late December to leave the denomination due to ...

Meanwhile, conservative factions in Texas expressed concerns over the church's apparently lax style for enforcing such bans and formed breakaway denominations including the Global Methodist Church.

David Dangerfield is as close to a lifelong United Methodist as you’re likely to find. His parents met at Ebenezer Church in Moncks Corner, where his father was the music minister and his mother ...

CENTERVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Centerville United Methodist Church caught fire Monday afternoon. At 2:55 p.m., an emergency communication was sent out for Hickman County stating that the area of ...

It took just a few days for United Methodist delegates to remove a half-century's worth of denominational bans on gay clergy and same-sex marriages. But when asked at a news conference about the ...

Jane Graner, an out gay woman and senior pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church in Duncanville, was also at the vote. “Several of the queer clergy were sitting together, and when we saw the ...

The United Methodist Church, one of the largest Protestant denominations in the U.S., has voted to repeal its ban on LGBTQ clergy as well as prohibitions on its ministers from officiating at same ...

The United Methodist Church overturned its 40-year ban on gay clergy Wednesday, marking a historic shift in the church’s stance on homosexuality. The church has long been divided into factions ...

By Ruth Graham The United Methodist Church removed on Wednesday its longstanding ban on ordaining gay clergy, formalizing a shift in policy that had already begun in practice and that had prompted ...

PHOENIX — After 154 years of operations, the Central United Methodist Church in Phoenix is set to close later this year. The congregation for the church located near McDowell Road and Central ...