Bishop Karen Oliveto is retiring in a few months as a United Methodist bishop. Oliveto was emotional saying those words aloud. As the church's first openly gay bishop, her path was not always certain.
"The Council of Bishops has responded to the UMC’s institutional uncertainty by crafting a new vision statement." ...
A quarter of Methodist congregations in the U.S. are leaving the United Methodist Church as one of the country's largest Protestant denominations wrestles with issues of sexuality and gender identity.
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 ...
One of the dominant Christian denominations in the U.S., the United Methodist Church, is experiencing a major split. Since 2019, more than 7,000 congregations have received approval to leave the ...
United Methodist Church General Conference, the denomination's top legislative assembly, is gathering in Charlotte, North Carolina between April 23 - May 3. An unexpected early decision on ...
Dallas' Landmark Commission will decide Monday whether the historic Oak Lawn United Methodist Church can keep its rainbow-colored steps.
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 ...
United Methodist Church recently ratified landmark restructuring giving regions outside U.S. more say. Many call it the "decolonizing" of the denomination after costly splintering. The Tennessean, ...
The recent decision by the United Methodist Church to allow openly gay clergy and permit the denomination’s officiants to preside at same-sex marriages has breathed extra joy into this month’s Pride ...
It was going to be a difficult goodbye. On the Monday after Thanksgiving, after Mindy Sutton finished her day as the dean of students at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, she drove home to ...
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