Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Randy Frye is glad the just-concluded 2024 United Methodist Church (UMC) General Conference was largely ...

A sign that reads, “All Are Welcome!,” is seen in front of Kessler Park United Methodist Church on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Dallas. Chitose Suzuki / Staff Photographer United Methodists in North ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — After a vote earlier on Wednesday, LGBTQ+ clergy will no longer be banned within the United Methodist Church. “Sexual orientation is no longer a qualification for ministry in ...

An Oklahoma pastor is traveling to the United Methodist Church's General Conference with one big goal in mind: to see the ban on same-sex marriage and gay ordination lifted. "It will be a big change ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two Kansas City area church leaders reacted to new inclusive policies approved this week by the United Methodist Church leaders at a national conference. On Wednesday at a ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — United Methodist Church delegates have voted to repeal several decades-old anti-LGBTQ policies. Delegates voted 523 to 161 at their General Conference Thursday to eliminate the ...

The United Methodist Church on Wednesday voted to lift its ban prohibiting LGBTQ+ members from serving in the church’s clergy—the latest measure in an ongoing effort to revisit the church’s policies ...

FLINT, Mich. (WJRT)- The pastor at Flint's United Methodist Church said he's thrilled by the announcement of more inclusive policies at UMC's General Conference in North Carolina. After decades, ...

Last October, Trinity United Methodist Church in downtown Loveland made the difficult decision of temporarily ceasing operations for the Little Free Pantry, the free food box started by resident ...

SIMPSONVILLE — An Upstate church faces a lawsuit from the denomination it tried to leave last year, with the state organization claiming it still owns the downtown Simpsonville building despite the ...

Congregation members of First United Methodist Church of San Diego have voted to transfer ownership of a longtime church site in Ocean Beach to the South District of the California Pacific Conference ...

This is the second half of a two-day look at liberalizing changes to United Methodist Church (UMC) policy and positions surrounding human sexuality and LGBTQ+ issues that were approved at the church’s ...