For Kristine Cousler, her congregation's departure from the United Methodist Church felt like a “forced divorce.” “My life changed,” she said, “because of someone else’s decision.” Like hundreds of ...
(RNS) — The thinning of the UMC’s conservative ranks makes this week’s conference a perfect time to address the issue. They have also passed a number of petitions on social issues, including one ...
United Methodists have for generations been a mainstay of the American religious landscape — one of the most geographically widespread of the major Protestant denominations, their steeples visible on ...
On the other side of disaffiliation, traditionalist congregations pursue prayer, revival, and revitalization. June Fulton felt weird sitting in the third pew. At every service since she joined the ...
(RNS) — The plan, called ‘regionalization,’ must now go before each region, called an annual conference, for ratification by the end of 2025. (RNS) — The top legislative body of the United Methodist ...
Thousands of United Methodists are gathering in Charlotte, North Carolina, for their big denominational meeting, known as General Conference. It's a much-anticipated gathering. Typically it is held ...
After decades of internal strife over LGBTQ issues, delaying their General Conference, and giving local churches an escape route to disaffiliate, the Methodist conference voted pro-LGBTQ earlier this ...
Thousands of United Methodists are gathering in Charlotte, North Carolina, for their big denominational meeting, known as General Conference. It's a much-anticipated gathering. Typically it is held ...
The Rev. Robert Barnes has watched in dismay over the years as the Christian denomination he loves has, in his view, drifted ever further into left-leaning politics and away from values rooted in ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bishop Jimmy Nunn speaks to delegates at an October 2023 special called conference of the Oklahoma United Methodist Conference at ...
United Methodists meeting in Mobile from June 11-14 voted to call for loyalty among leaders in a non-binding resolution that reflects continuing concerns about more churches disaffiliating from the ...
The top legislative body of the United Methodist Church passed a series of measures Thursday to restructure the worldwide denomination to give each region greater equity in tailoring church life to ...
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