While most of mainline Protestantism — whether Lutheran, Episcopal, Presbyterian, or United Church of Christ — has declared victory in the gay-marriage wars and moved on to bigger, juicier heresies, ...

United Methodist Church leaders from around the world and across ideological divides unveiled a plan Friday for a new conservative denomination that would split from the rest of the church in an ...

Note: This story has been updated to clarify new United Methodist rules regarding same-sex weddings. In recent years, the United Methodist pastor, Nathan Malone, has encouraged his church to model ...

More than half of the United Methodist churches across Alabama have disaffiliated from the denomination, and the signs are becoming obvious – churches are literally changing their signs, reflecting ...

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, ...

A rainbow frames his profile picture on Facebook. A pride flag emoji clings next to the word "husband" in his social media bio. A recent post garnering a few dozen likes reads: "This queer pastor ...

DENVER, Colo. – During Sunday morning service at Trinity United Methodist church in downtown Denver, the sermon was about acceptance. From the pulpit, Senior Pastor Ken Brown preached about coming ...

Majority of churches leaving the United Methodist Church are in rural areas and the membership is small and overwhelmingly supportive of disaffiliating. At UMC churches in suburban and urban areas ...

In yet another round of disaffiliations within Mississippi's United Methodist Churches, many congregations are splitting to make known where they stand on church doctrine. Meanwhile, others are ...

Well over 250 United Methodist congregations in Kentucky recently voted to split from their parent denomination, the United Methodist Church. Members of the denomination's Kentucky Annual Conference ...