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UMC Tuesday updates: United Methodists take first steps toward removing LGBTQ+ restrictions
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCHARLOTTE, N.C. — The United Methodist Church’s top policymaking assembly illustrated on Monday the...
UMC Wednesday updates: United Methodists remove ban on LGBTQ+ clergy
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCHARLOTTE, N.C. — With three days remaining at the United Methodist Church’s top policymaking...
The United Methodist Church Split, Explained
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAn LGBTQ+ flag flies over Union United Methodist Church in the South End of Boston on January 5, 2020. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe/Getty...
What next for Methodist churches after major change to LGBTQ+ stance?
WJHL Tri-Cities via Yahoo News· 3 months agoRandy Frye is glad the just-concluded 2024 United Methodist Church (UMC) General Conference was...
UMC loses 174 Hoosier congregations at annual state conference in ongoing schism
The Star Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMUNCIE, Ind. − United Methodist Churches of Indiana is perhaps more united but smaller after 174...
Here’s what a massive exodus is costing the United Methodist Church: Splinter explainer
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAhead of UMC General Conference – where it will decide on a new budget – a look at the financial...
United Methodists lift 40-year ban on LGBTQ+ clergy, marking historic shift for the church
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCHARLOTTE, N.C. — United Methodists lifted a 40-year ban on gay clergy and removed restrictions on...
The most consequential year in UMC split leaves uncertainty, new horizons. Here's how
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 8 months agoBishop Robin Dease braced for chaos when she started her new role within the United Methodist Church...
A dramatic schism over social issues? The United Methodist Church has been here before – but this...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe United Methodist Church will hold its General Conference, delayed several years by the pandemic,...
With a historic number of churches leaving, why 2022 was so dramatic for United Methodists
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt was a dramatic year for the United Methodist Church. Regional conferences recently finished...