What some are calling a schism in the United Methodist Church over the issue of homosexuality is also affecting churches in the Pacific Northwest, although to a lesser degree. As many as 30 churches ...

MUNCIE, Ind. − United Methodist Churches of Indiana is perhaps more united but smaller after 174 congregations separated from the UMC Thursday night during the denomination's annual state conference ...

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A local judge ruled that a congregation has the right to leave the United Methodist Church without a fight. Mt. Bethel Church in Cobb County was one of the first churches to blaze ...

A number of churches in the greater Tampa Bay region, including Sylvan Abbey Methodist Church in Clearwater, are breaking away from the United Methodist Church over divisions in doctrine and same-sex ...

Forty-three Wisconsin churches could see their wishes come true Friday to leave the United Methodist Church, the latest local development in a denomination-wide schism. More than 4,000 congregations ...

A recent exodus from the United Methodist Church that tore through the Bible Belt in the last year has reached New York state. The split is the end-game result of an ideological divide centered around ...

Nearly five dozen Michigan churches plan to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church amid a rift over LGBTQ+ issues that has fractured one of the country's largest Protestant denominations. Mark ...

A Columbia church has voted to become the only United Methodist Church in South Carolina to join a national campaign pushing for gay marriage rights. The Washington Street United Methodist Church ...