Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW PHILADELPHIA – For decades, the Rev. Harley Wheeler has been fighting to make renewal a clear focus in the United Methodist ...

A lay leader for the Global Methodist Church, a splinter group that broke off from United Methodists, referred to last week’s United Methodist General Conference as a “debacle” during a meeting of the ...

Twenty United Methodist Church regional conferences saw at least 30% of their churches leave the denomination in the past five years. Chief among those regional authorities was the Northwest Texas ...

Splintering in the United Methodist Church following disagreements over theology and church policy — including dealing with LGBTQ+ rights — fueled exodus of thousands of churches. Many congregations ...

Sixty-eight Arkansas congregations that left the United Methodist Church have joined the Global Methodist Church, a denomination formed in the midst of the breakup as a landing place for those leaving ...

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 ...

The Global Methodist Church (GMC), a conservative denomination formed from a schism with the United Methodist Church (UMC), is focusing on its own growth and mission. The schism, largely driven by ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Members of First Methodist Church in Shreveport are casting their votes this week to determine whether their congregation will affiliate with the Global Methodist denomination. This ...

VAN WERT — The name may have changed a little, but the mission is still the same. Trinity Global Methodist Church underwent an affiliation change on Jan. 1 and officially adopted its current name on ...

The United Methodist General Conference that ended May 3 approved a plan for full communion with Episcopalians, pending approval by the 2027 Episcopal Church General Convention. But what about the ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — United Methodist bishops said they warned their Global Methodist counterparts on Nov. 22 that tensions had reached a breaking point. NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Violent clashes have ...

CHICAGO (RNS) — About 100 active and retired United Methodist bishops from across the globe are meeting this week in Chicago for the first time in person since the COVID-19 pandemic and since the ...