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Leaders of the United Methodist Church have expressed regret over last week’s decision by the branch in Côte d’Ivoire to leave the union following the church’s decision to repeal a long-standing ban on LGBTQ+ clergy but pledged to accept it

A 23-acre farm located amid lush green meadows and stands of pine is where Elaine Heath, an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church and a former dean of the Duke Divinity School, started a new monastic community known as the Church at Spring Forest

Prosecutors say a 15-year-old boy and a 21-year-old man have been indicted in the carjacking and fatal shooting of a prominent United Methodist Church leader in Memphis, Tennessee

BOISE, Idaho — Meridian Parks and Recreation Commissioner Dom Gelsomino recently recalled a speech he’d made in 2018, as a delegate to the Idaho GOP State Convention.

DALLAS — The regional governing bodies of the United Methodist Church are called annual conferences. They typically meet once a year to conduct church business. But two of those Texas conferences will meet this weekend in special sessions to approve the withdrawal of potentially hundreds of churches from the UMC.

The United Methodist Church moved toward becoming more progressive and LGBTQ-affirming during U.S. regional meetings this month

DALLAS — While Texans takes to the polls Tuesday to decide the future of the state, members of the White’s Chapel United Methodist Church voted Monday to decide the future of their church.

The United Methodist Church, long a mainstay of the American religious scene, is beginning to fracture

DALLAS — Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in Dallas on Sunday will self-appoint two LGBTQ+ staff members to pastor positions after their requests for appointments were rejected by the bishop of North Texas.