A new Methodist denomination's recent announcement of its official launch as a more conservative alternative to the United Methodist Church was attention-grabbing news. But the new denomination has ...

When the African Methodist Episcopal Church, arguably the world’s largest independent Black Protestant denomination, held its quadrennial General Conference in Ohio in August, among the agenda items ...

Traditionalists committed to leaving the United Methodist Church have chosen “Global Methodist Church” as the name for the denomination they plan to launch. “The primary mission of the Global ...

(RNS) — Mt. Horeb is one of several large churches in the United Methodist Church that have either voted to leave or are about to. (RNS) — South Carolina’s largest United Methodist church is gearing ...

(RNS) — The Evangelical Covenant Church's vote to expel the First Covenant Church, a prominent and historic Minneapolis congregation, for being "out of harmony on human sexuality," took place at the ...

A group of progressive United Methodists and other Christians have launched a new denomination named the Liberation Methodist Connexion, or LMX. The new church aims to center on the voices of people ...

LEXINGTON — South Carolina’s largest United Methodist Church plans to leave the denomination just three weeks after the state organization approved an agreement for congregations seeking separation.

Black churches are among the oldest and most influential institutions dedicated to supporting Black Americans. When they were first founded, denominations like the African Methodist Episcopal Church ...