United Methodist Church

A group of 36 North Carolina-based United Methodist churches are expected to depart the denomination come November.

More than 4,000 congregations have left the United Methodist Church this year over disagreements about the body’s stance on LGBT issues, according to new data that also shows one-fifth of churches have left the denomination since the controversy started.

Over 6,000 churches have been granted approval to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church in the past four years due to an ongoing schism within the denomination over same-sex marriage and the ordination of gay clergy.

The Kentucky Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church has voted to approve the disaffiliation of 286 congregations amid a debate on LGBT issues.

More than 170 congregations in Ohio have departed from the United Methodist Church over the weekend in light of an ongoing debate over same-sex issues.

Almost 100 United Methodist Church congregations in Louisiana officially disaffiliated from the denomination last weekend due to a longstanding debate over homosexuality.

A Georgia-based regional body of The United Methodist Church approved the disaffiliation of 193 churches from the mainline denomination last week due to a longstanding debate over issues related to same-sex marriage and the affirmation of gay clergy.

More than 100 congregations in Pennsylvania have officially left the United Methodist Church over the ongoing debate over sexual ethics in the mainline Protestant denomination.

A Texas church that disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church last year says it is now part of the Methodist Collegiate Church, a denomination of one.

Fifty-five congregations in Oklahoma are disaffiliating from the United Methodist Church after delegates voted at a conference to approve the process.