That thought bubbled to the surface on Wednesday when the Rev. Valerie Steele, of Oklahoma City, learned that her long-held hope had been realized: the United Methodist Church overturned a 40-year ban ...

Twenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked as a United Methodist Church pastor after telling her Philadelphia congregation that she was in a committed same-sex relationship. On Tuesday night, less ...

Angie Cox, left, and Joelle Henneman hug after an approval vote at the United Methodist Church General Conference Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. United Methodist delegates repealed their ...

The United Methodist Church in North Alabama has moved around many of its clergy who will preach their first sermons in their new churches today. The Rev. Robin Crews Wilson became senior pastor of ...

United Methodist clergy in the Baltimore-Washington area have asked their bishop and the denomination’s high court to review a recent decision to reappoint a transgender pastor. Bishop John R. Schol ...

The United Methodist Church, one of the largest Protestant denominations in the U.S., has voted to repeal its ban on LGBTQ clergy as well as prohibitions on its ministers from officiating at same-sex ...

KANSAS CITY, MO — The United Methodist Church agreed members of the LGBTQ community can serve congregations as pastors. “We took out that part of the language that we have been fighting about for 52 ...

Pastor Hannah Kardon of United Church was violently arrested along with eight others at a peaceful protest at the Broadview ...

That's the belief of the Rev. Jeff Stull, minister at First United Methodist in Diboll. He is leaving his job next week for a new ministry post north of Longview. Stull leaves behind many ...

More than half of the United Methodist churches across Alabama have disaffiliated from the denomination, and the signs are becoming obvious – churches are literally changing their signs, reflecting ...

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