The events this weekend for the Wesleyan Covenant Association — the main organization behind the formation of the Global Methodist Church — are helping form the backbone of the new denomination.

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The United Methodist Church is facing a crisis that will define its future. Roughly a quarter of its 30,000 congregations in the U.S. are leaving over the church's views on ...

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 ...

The United Methodist Church says they have the authority to close churches who leave the denomination, but several are willing to put that to the test.

Bishop Scott Jones speaks during an oral hearing before the United Methodist Judicial Council, the denomination’s top court, on May 22, 2018, in Evanston, Illinois.

Pastor Phil Rogers, of Manchester United Methodist Church, says they’re parting ways for several reasons, which includes performing same-sex weddings and ordaining LGBT-Q ministers.

Liturgical Dancers start the beginning of worship during the annual Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference of the UMC at First United Methodist Church in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Monday, June 17, 2024.