Bishop Robin Dease braced for chaos when she started her new role within the United Methodist Church this year overseeing the North Georgia Conference. Just days before her first day in January, Dease ...

The ongoing divide of the United Methodist Church, which used to be the second largest protestant denomination in the U.S. after Southern Baptist Convention, might be a sign of broader societal ...

Editor’s Note: This is one of three stories on a split in the United Methodist Church (UMC) as some congregations have elected to “disaffiliate” due to conflicts — including an ongoing debate over ...

In a recent commentary about the United Methodist Church split, columnist Paul DeMarco expressed heartbreak at driving past former UMCs whose signs were changing. I empathize with his grief. But I ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Nationwide, some United Methodist churches are disaffiliating because they don’t believe in same-sex marriage or that a pastor can be a part of the LGBTQ+ community. One local ...

Nearly 200 United Methodist churches in Georgia filed a lawsuit last week against their own denomination's regional body after they were temporarily halted from disaffiliating, marking another ...

More than 6,200 churches in the U.S. have left the United Methodist Church amid a splintering and launch of more conservative, breakaway denomination, the Global Methodist Church. Churches outside the ...

The 6,000-plus U.S. churches that split from the United Methodists as of June were disproportionately white and Southern but also had more in common — from median attendance size to growth rate — with ...

The service celebrated the local church officially becoming a “Global” Methodist church. It also served as a look back at its long history as a “United” Methodist church. It was one of the saddest ...

The Central Korean United Methodist Church in Overland Park is one of several looking to leave the denomination over LGBTQ issues. The departure of the churches in Kansas and Nebraska comes as UMC ...

More than 250 Kentucky congregations of the United Methodist Church have split from their parent denomination, effectively shrinking the sect's size to just over half of what it was in the state. A ...

As part of splintering in United Methodist Church, church disaffiliations increased by 174% in 2023 compared to 2019-2022 ahead of policy expiration date. Sheer scale of church disaffiliations shifted ...