Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The future of the United Methodist Church in the United States and around the world could be determined as 862 voting delegates ...

The General Conference of the United Methodist Church in Charlotte is the first one that Robin Dease is attending as a bishop. And it’s likely the last one that retired Bishop Sharon Zimmerman Rader, ...

Over the weekend, 249 United Methodist Churches in eastern North Carolina were allowed to disaffiliate themselves from the church headquarters. Many of the churches that wanted out were opposed to ...

Bishop Jonathan Holston, who oversees United Methodist churches in Alabama, released clergy assignments on Saturday as the ...

The United Methodist Church General Conference, which is the international legislative assembly for the denomination that meets every four years, will take place April 22 - May 3 in Charlotte. The ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Several churches in the Raleigh area are no longer affiliated with the United Methodist Church, as some religious leaders fear the church could change traditions when it comes ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Fifth Avenue United Methodist Church in Wilmington has announced that it is taking legal action against the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church (UMC).

SHREVEPORT, La. - The Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church is meeting in special session on Saturday in Baton Rouge to vote on whether to allow 95 churches across the state to ...

April 22 (UPI) --The United Methodist Church is opening its General Conference, on Tuesday in North Carolina, to reshape the country's largest Protestant denomination in the hopes of slowing historic ...