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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HOT SPRINGS -- A plan that would have made it easier for theological conservatives to leave the United Methodist Church was derailed Thursday by members of the Arkansas Annual Conference, a ...

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, ...