A new Methodist denomination's recent announcement of its official launch as a more conservative alternative to the United Methodist Church was attention-grabbing news. But the new denomination has ...

When the African Methodist Episcopal Church, arguably the world’s largest independent Black Protestant denomination, held its quadrennial General Conference in Ohio in August, among the agenda items ...

Traditionalists committed to leaving the United Methodist Church have chosen “Global Methodist Church” as the name for the denomination they plan to launch. “The primary mission of the Global ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WHNT) — Several Methodist churches across ...

Several Methodist leaders said the third-largest Protestant denomination in the United States is facing a growing divide as conservative clergy push back against liberals they claim are being ...

GARNER, N.C. (RNS) — The Wesleyan Covenant Association’s 6th annual gathering was broadcast live at dozens of local churches across the country and encouraged churches to move into a new denomination.

A group of progressive United Methodists and other Christians have launched a new denomination named the Liberation Methodist Connexion, or LMX. The new church aims to center on the voices of people ...

LEXINGTON — South Carolina’s largest United Methodist Church plans to leave the denomination just three weeks after the state organization approved an agreement for congregations seeking separation.

(RNS) — The Evangelical Covenant Church's vote to expel the First Covenant Church, a prominent and historic Minneapolis congregation, for being "out of harmony on human sexuality," took place at the ...

The Global Methodist Church on Thursday announced that it would officially launch on May 1, kickstarting what the church described as a “new, theologically conservative Methodist denomination.” The ...

The Rev. Sharon Coley grew up Southern Baptist but found her spiritual home among United Methodists. And that’s where the pastor of Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church-Summerville plans to stay ...