Following splintering in United Methodist Church, denomination's top legislative assembly approved historic changes in early May toward LGBTQ+ inclusion and to restructure denomination. In ...

The United Methodist Church has made a series of decisions to become more welcoming of LGBTQ people. The moves have also driven away many conservative Methodists. We saw major changes this week in ...

United Methodist delegates have repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate. The delegates removed a rule forbidding those who identify as LGBTQ from being ordained ...

In 2019, the United Methodist Church held a special meeting in St. Louis to address LGBTQ issues, but no change came about from that meeting, and decisions were to be made in 2020.

Meanwhile, the Côte d’Ivoire Conference decided in late May to leave the denomination due to the general conference changes. The decision by the largest United Methodist conference in Africa ...

The case of whether or not SMU can split from the church was sent back to trial court for further proceedings.

The school sought to leave the church because of differences over gay marriage and clergy. The court did not decide whether ...

Karen Kistler [email protected] SALISBURY — First United Methodist Church of Salisbury is welcoming a new ...

The Texas high court issued a mostly unanimous opinion June 27 upholding the regional unit’s right to governance over SMU.