4029's PAUL PETITTE WAS AT THE VAN BUREN CHURCH TODAY. THE NATION'S SECOND- LARGEST PROTESTANT DENOMINATION IS THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. BUT IN ARKANSAS, IT JUST GOT A LITTLE SMALLER AFTER THE ...
Leaders of the United Methodist Church took notice when other Protestant denominations began allowing same-sex marriage — and in some cases were hit with a wave of lawsuits. Conservative Episcopalians ...
On Wednesday nights a handful of worshippers gather at the white-steepled church on Lafayette Street for a fellowship supper. Most of the congregants are elderly, a faithful remnant who have weathered ...
When United Methodists from throughout Kentucky met in Owensboro June 4-7 for our 2023 Annual Conference, much was made in news reports about the 286 churches that were approved to leave the ...
(RNS) — It was the thing that was supposed to save the United Methodist Church. The Protocol of Reconciliation & Grace Through Separation, brokered by 16 United Methodist bishops and advocacy group ...
(RNS) — Participants offered a behind-the-scenes look at how they arrived at a proposal, announced earlier this month, that would allow conservative United Methodist churches and conferences to split ...
United Methodist churches across the country are undergoing a historic transformation as many — including 19 in Davidson County — have requested to leave the denomination, while other UM churches that ...
The headline sounded ominous: 439 Texas congregations leaving the United Methodist Church. Truth be told, the church has never been “United.” United was only added to the church’s name in 1968 when ...
United Methodists have for generations been a mainstay of the American religious landscape — one of the most geographically widespread of the major Protestant denominations, their steeples visible on ...
The new Global Methodist Church will leave the UMC regardless of the General Conference decision, which has been delayed until 2022. Conservative United Methodists have chosen a name for the ...
For some people, December is all about Santa Claus. In the court case of Harvest Church vs. the Alabama-West Florida ...