As part of UMC splintering, factionalism in Africa pushed rivals to double down on traditionalism. But generational change ...

An expecting mothers' ward, high school, and college for students from across Africa. What the UMC in Zimbabwe says about turning point on continent.

A worldwide vote in the United Methodist Church has occurred throughout 2025 on a plan to restructure the denomination, with denomination leadership expected to announce final results soon. The plan ...

The decision by the United Methodist Church's global general conference to embrace homosexuality has divided the church in Zimbabwe, with former leader Reverend Forbes Matonga and a handful of elders ...

The streets of Harare in late October were covered with motorists driving the massively popular Toyota HiLux, bright purple flowers blossoming from jacaranda trees and billboards advertising the ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Leaders of the United Methodist Church expressed regret over last week's decision by the branch in Ivory Coast to leave the union following the church's decision to repeal a ...

An Advocacy group led by the National Chairman of the Voice of Laity Advocacy in Zimbabwe on Thursday staged an anti-homosexuality protest in Harare. The group petitioned Bishop Nhiwatiwa and his ...

Following a splintering in one of the most influential mainline Protestant denominations worldwide, the United Methodist Church ratified a historic restructuring that grants more autonomy to United ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. MUTARE, ZIMBABWE — The expecting mothers ushered their roommate Tinashe Mawondo to the hospital at Old Mutare Mission center, mere ...

The Central United Methodist Church in Johannesburg, which has been home for thousands of refugees, many from Zimbabwe, is shutting its doors to refugees, on New Year’s eve, leaving an estimated 500 ...

Religious and human rights groups, along with a top UN official, are calling on the Zimbabwe government to end its campaign of evicting the urban poor and destroying their shacks and market stalls. An ...