Ten SC Methodist churches say they should be allowed to severe their connection to the national church amid disputes over ...

Church historian Ashley Boggan told Today ... In 1844, 40 percent of Methodist congregations split off to form a pro-slavery splinter congregation. That was the last time this many Methodists ...

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In June, 298 Western Pennsylvania churches made their split official at ... was inspired by the home church of Parson’s wife, Harmony-Zelienople United Methodist in Butler County.

AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — A multi-year fight over whether Southern Methodist University can separate itself from the United Methodist Church is heading to Texas’ highest court this month.

To The Reader’s Forum: Jeff Winton’s article “Disappointed with Disaffiliation” sadly misrepresents the true reason for several churches in Chautauqua County leaving the United Methodist Church. The ...

3:13). I may be wasting my breath. But here’s my pastor’s pitch for why schism from the United Methodist Church is a bad idea. After just 40 years of debate on same-sex marriage and LGBTQ ordination—a ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. and WEBER CITY, Va. (WJHL) — Chuck Griffin and Lauri Jo Cranford are both United Methodist Church (UMC) clergy and both have April 22 circled on their calendars — but their ...

If an emergency were to arise in Monroe County, some residents may be out of luck with no nearby emergency shelter. The old ...

A United Methodist official in Alabama released a statement this week responding to two court rulings against the Alabama-West Florida Conference that came down last week. “The Alabama-West ...

[Elvis Ogina Standard] Bundi said he would not be fazed by attempts to remove him as synod head, after the Methodist Church Conference Office, the MCK governing arm, suspended him through a letter ...