The theme of the United Methodist general conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, emblazoned on banners, tote bags, and name tags, was a snippet of Psalm 46: “Know that I am God.” At the end of the ...

An effort to remove anti-LGBTQ+ restrictions at the UMC General Conference emerged in response to decades of traditionalist legislative wins. While also removing anti-LGBTQ+ restrictions, progressive ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The United Methodist Church’s top legislative assembly has dealt with most of the seemingly contentious proposals dealing with LGBTQ+ rights and restructuring the denomination in the ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — United Methodists lifted a 40-year ban on gay clergy and removed restrictions on same-sex marriage in a major step toward greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the nation’s largest mainline ...

A bishop of the United Methodist Church has sounded the alarm on the denomination's current funding issues, declaring that ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The historic United Methodist Church legislative summit in Charlotte is on its last day, and a jam-packed agenda awaits the 700-plus delegates. There are 25 outstanding calendar ...

This is the second half of a two-day look at liberalizing changes to United Methodist Church (UMC) policy and positions surrounding human sexuality and LGBTQ+ issues that were approved at the church’s ...

UPDATE TO ADD COMMENT FROM THE REV. KIPP NELSON, St. Johns’s on the Lake Methodist Church in Miami: “It is a glorious day in the United Methodist Church. As a worldwide denomination, we have now ...

The United Methodist Church will allow regions of the global body to maintain biblical standards on sexual ethics, following the denomination's vote last year to remove such rules. Amendment I, which ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Days before their denomination dismantled decades of policies limiting the role of the LGBTQ+ community in the church, the Methodists sipped ale in an Irish pub and sang along to ...