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NORWICH - In front of Broad Street United Methodist Church is a new flag which states, “Everyone is welcome here.” Hopefully that statement is true for all churches. We have thought we were ...
The SC United Methodist Conference now has until June 4 to file its response over disaffiliation with the Supreme Court days before it meets in Greenville.
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)- There were nearly 288,000 car crashes in Michigan in 2023. Some of those leave victims unable to properly care for themselves, and some think auto insurance isn’t doing… ...
The Global Methodist Church, a new, more conservative Methodist denomination, announced Thursday it will officially launch in May, the biggest step so far in the highly anticipated split of the ...
Across the country, it’s suggested that one out of four once United Methodist-affiliated churches have chosen to change their names and not associate with the UMC. More than 400 in Texas and several ...
Laura Bullard is the senior researcher for Today, Explained, where she has been footnoting and mercilessly splitting hairs since 2021. Last week, hundreds of United Methodist Church (UMC ...
The changes immediately open new doors for LGBTQ members — but over a quarter of U.S. congregations have already left the UMC, and more could follow.
Meeting at their worldwide General Conference in Charlotte, N.C., United Methodist delegates voted overwhelmingly to allow LGBTQ clergy and for Methodist ministers to officiate at same-sex weddings.
The United Methodist Church overturned its 40-year ban on gay clergy Wednesday, during a meeting of the church’s top legislative body in Charlotte, North Carolina.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Leaders of the United Methodist Church are holding their first international conference in nearly a decade this week, tackling such divisive issues as gay marriage, ordaining ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The United Methodist Church, the largest mainline Protestant denomination in the U.S., lost about a quarter of its total churches between 2019 and 2023 due to disaffiliations ...