Following splintering in United Methodist Church, denomination's top legislative assembly approved historic changes in early May toward LGBTQ+ inclusion and to restructure denomination. In ...

More Four days after the ordination policy change took effect, Cox petitioned the local United Methodist authority’s board of ordained ministry to reconsider her application for commissioning ...

The United Methodist Church is one of the largest Christian denominations in the U.S. with nearly 30,000 churches as of 2022. The denomination also has churches in Africa, Asia and Europe.

The United Methodist Church is one of the largest Christian denominations in the U.S. with nearly 30,000 churches as of 2022. The denomination also has churches in Africa, Asia and Europe.

Rev. Dr. Pamela Bowden joined the United Methodist Church 20 years ago. She said its inclusivity is what drew her to the denomination. “There were churches that did not allow women in the pulpit ...

In his first publicly announced clergy appointment for 2025, the United Methodist bishop who oversees Alabama said that he’s moving a Tuscaloosa pastor to become a district superintendent ...

Before the United Methodist Church conference voted on the amendment in May, the pastor believes that many were hurt by the policy of exclusion inherent to the non-affirming stance.

At the recent North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church meeting in Birmingham, Yarnell received the 2025 Denman Evangelism Award for clergy. Yarnell has spent the past 15 years as a ...

Following historic UMC policy changes in May 2024, the West Ohio Conference commissioned Cox and celebrated the decision at a celebration of ministry service on June 1, 2024 during the local ...

In his first publicly announced clergy appointment for 2025, the United Methodist bishop who oversees Alabama said that he’s moving a Tuscaloosa pastor to become a district superintendent ...