In January of 2020, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill into law permitting religious adoption agencies that received state funding to deny the facilitation of foster or adoption placements on the ...

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 rainbow frames his profile picture on Facebook. A pride flag emoji clings next to the word "husband" in his social media bio. A recent post garnering a few dozen likes reads: "This queer pastor ...

A small white wood-paneled church in a rural field beside a graveyard United Methodist congregations are working through a complex process brought about by fears over possible changes in its doctrines ...

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 ...

Thirty congregations of the United Methodist Church across Michigan have moved to disaffiliate over concerns that the church's doctrines are being weakened, particularly on LGBTQ issues. Seven ...

On Wednesday nights a handful of worshippers gather at the white-steepled church on Lafayette Street for a fellowship supper. Most of the congregants are elderly, a faithful remnant who have weathered ...

4029's PAUL PETITTE WAS AT THE VAN BUREN CHURCH TODAY. THE NATION'S SECOND- LARGEST PROTESTANT DENOMINATION IS THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. BUT IN ARKANSAS, IT JUST GOT A LITTLE SMALLER AFTER THE ...

FLINT, Mich. (WJRT)- The pastor at Flint's United Methodist Church said he's thrilled by the announcement of more inclusive policies at UMC's General Conference in North Carolina. After decades, ...

Off North Sixth Street in north Fort Smith, across from the Midland Heights Clothes Closet, and two blocks north of the Graphic Packaging International on Boone Avenue, is a church that has been in ...

The authors are Emma Anne Stephens, Tate Keuler, and Natalia Del Pino, three students in Metro Nashville public high schools. Their essay is endorsed by their Belmont United Methodist Church ...