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 ...

A gathering of the United Methodist Church’s top legislative body next month will be historic for the nation’s largest mainline Protestant denomination, but not in the way many originally anticipated.

At least seven Chautauqua County churches are disaffiliating from the United Methodist Church. The Findley Lake, Gerry, Bemus Point, Dewittville-Hartfield, Charlotte Center, Park United Methodist ...

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 ...

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 ...

Six Tampa Bay churches cutting ties over disagreements on same-sex marriage and doctrine. Immigration Reporter The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a ...

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 ...