Some 12 judges in Arkansas have recused themselves from a lawsuit filed by a United Methodist Church congregation seeking control of church property after the regional conference rejected the church's disaffiliation vote and suspended its pastor.
Some 12 judges in Arkansas have recused themselves from a lawsuit filed by a United Methodist Church congregation seeking control of church property after the regional conference rejected the church's disaffiliation vote and suspended its pastor.
A Methodist church in Arkansas has filed a lawsuit after the United Methodist Church Arkansas Conference rejected its application for disaffiliation and suspended its pastor.
Over the weekend, more than 400 Texas-based churches voted to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church due to the denomination's ongoing schism on homosexuality.
Over 200 congregations in North Carolina have announced their departure from the United Methodist Church over the denomination's ongoing debate over homosexuality.
A United Methodist Church pastor filed a complaint earlier this month against a regional body's leadership for electing an openly gay bishop, which violates the denomination's stance on homosexuality.
This month all five of the United Methodist Church’s U.S. jurisdictions individually met to pass measures where “LGBTQIA+ people will be protected, affirmed, and empowered.”
A regional body of the United Methodist Church has voted to promote a gay man into the office of bishop.
A Tennessee congregation voted to leave the United Methodist Church on Sunday due to the denomination's longstanding schism on homosexuality.
A Texas megachurch has announced its departure from the United Methodist Church despite not having a congregational vote, which violates the mainline denomination's rules on dismissal.
A cohort of large former United Methodist churches has announced the foundation of a group that churches disaffiliating from the UMC can join.