Members of the crowd embrace, rejoicing over the vote. (Corbin Payne photo) The Rev. William Williams III, the Methodists' Meadowlands District superintendent, holds hands with Greater New Jersey ...

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 ...

(RNS) — Sexuality won’t be on the agenda when members of the nascent Global Methodist Church convene for the first time Sept. 20-26 in San Jose, Costa Rica. The breakaway denomination established by ...

I must confess that I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what our friends in the United Methodist Church were thinking when they introduced resolutions calling for divesting stock in 20 companies ...

Same-sex weddings and LGBTQ clergy are two of the topics front and center as the United Methodist Church opens it General Conference Tuesday in Charlotte, N.C. In recent years, the church — which is ...