"The Council of Bishops has responded to the UMC’s institutional uncertainty by crafting a new vision statement." ...
The United Methodist General Conference that ended May 3 approved a plan for full communion with Episcopalians, pending approval by the 2027 Episcopal Church General Convention. But what about the ...
Webinars are to educate rank-and-file United Methodists about denomination’s new direction and prepare participants for a ...
In early May, the 2024 General Conference of the United Methodist Church closed with a joyful scene: lines of people laughing, dancing, and singing “What the world needs now, is love sweet love,” as ...
David Meredith, middle, hugs fellow observers after an approval vote at the United Methodist Church General Conference Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. When the United Methodist Church ...
That passage from the United Methodist Book of Discipline haunted me as I grew up in a UMC congregation in Texas. I sensed a call to ministry from an early age, but I also knew my denomination denied ...
As a young seminary student at Emory University in 1972, Larry Rankin heeded a professor’s suggestion to attend the General Conference of the United Methodist Church, taking place that year in Atlanta ...
As a historic global conference of the United Methodist Church draws to a close in Charlotte Friday, the issue of homosexuality that has driven away many of the denomination’s churches appears settled ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- United Methodist delegates repealed their church's longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding "self-avowed practicing homosexuals" from ...
The Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church at its annual conference in Lake Junaluska, N.C., from June 1-4 approved a resolution opposing Christian nationalism. In an overwhelming vote, the ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It took just a few days for United Methodist delegates to remove a half-century’s worth of denominational bans on gay clergy and same-sex marriages. But when asked at a news ...
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