Thousands of congregations have left the United Methodist Church amid contentious debates over sexuality, including a dispute over whether to accept gay marriage and LGBTQ pastors. The rift marks the ...

I am not a fan of the United Methodist Church’s current direction. But in truth, I have not been for my whole life.

The highest court in Texas handed a significant win to United Methodist efforts to maintain strong ties with Southern Methodist University. In a mostly unanimous opinion released June 27, the Texas ...

Traditionalists committed to leaving the United Methodist Church have chosen “Global Methodist Church” as the name for the denomination they plan to launch. “The primary mission of the Global ...

Anyone familiar with this blog probably has noted I have an interest in church bells. In the past, I have written about bells at First General Baptist Church, Saint Francis Hospital and St. Mary’s ...

Eight more churches disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church on Sunday, including the 4,936-member Christ Methodist Church in Mobile, one of the city’s largest congregations. Christ Methodist ...

As a Christian leader, I bear a profound obligation and responsibility to oppose antisemitism whenever and wherever it occurs. As an African American United States citizen, I refuse to be ambiguous or ...

As the Show-Me State joins the mid-decade gerrymandering war following prodding by President Donald Trump, Republican leaders quickly framed the effort as a godly mission. Yet, their proposed map ...

An Arkansas native has been installed as the Albert C. Outler Chair of Wesley Studies at the Southern Methodist University ...