Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new Methodist denomination's recent announcement of its official launch as a more conservative alternative to the United ...

One-fifth of United Methodist congregations in the United States have received permission to leave the denomination over disagreements over same-sex marriage and gay preachers. In annual conferences ...

(WHNT) — Several Methodist churches across Alabama and the country are choosing to leave the denomination – with one even putting a restraining order on itself – which may have you scratching your ...

LUBBOCK, Texas -- The Northwest Texas Annual Conference of United Methodist Churches started like a regular church service. Participants sang, took communion, then prayed before voting to split from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The nation's largest group of Black Protestants is meeting this week for a high-stakes gathering that could thrust the ...

(RNS) — Mt. Horeb is one of several large churches in the United Methodist Church that have either voted to leave or are about to. (RNS) — South Carolina’s largest United Methodist church is gearing ...

Seattle First Presbyterian — a landmark, downtown church with a $20 million property — is considering a split from the largest Presbyterian denomination in the country. The move comes as the ...