NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The United Methodist Church, the largest mainline Protestant denomination in the U.S., lost about a quarter of its total churches between 2019 and 2023 due to disaffiliations ...

Oklahoma United Methodists hope a new ad campaign will help counter negativity surrounding a season of church exits.

United Methodist Church disaffiliation movement in US largely white, Southern & male-led: New report shows. Liam Adams. Nashville Tennessean.

During a special session May 27, 95 churches were approved for disaffiliation from the United Methodist Church. The session was called "for the sole purpose of voting on the Louisiana Conference ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The vote is in for the First United Methodist Church Jonesboro’s disaffiliation agreement. After church leadership denied a request from some members asking for more time ...

There are currently two Oklahoma United Methodist houses of worship that have taken disaffiliation disputes to the civil courts. The congregations of First United Methodist Church of Oklahoma City ...

Church Street Methodist Church in Selma, founded in 1835, filed a lawsuit Oct. 14, 2024, asking a judge to declare the congregation owns the property, not the denomination. Church Street Methodist By ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The First United Methodist Church of Jonesboro is working through a new process after disaffiliation was denied in November, Our content partner Region 8 News reported.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Members of the conferences approved a vote that allowed each individual congregation to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church this weekend. The preliminary results ...

The United Methodist Church, after years of not enforcing prohibitions, now officially allows same-sex marriage and LGBTQ clergy. See also: Alabama’s new United Methodist bishop carries on ...

The Methodist Church of Simpsonville, as it’s now called, announced its disaffiliation from the United Methodist Church on June 4, according to the lawsuit, and changed its corporate filings to ...

Following historic splintering in denomination, United Methodist Church saw major policy and administrative changes this year. As part of that, many U.S. bishops received new assignments. United ...