This story was first published on July 14, 2026, by FāVS News. Citing dangers to LGBTQ+ and immigrant communities, the Oregon ...

A handful of women provide one answer to years of schism and decline in the denomination.

A United Methodist civil rights activist who witnessed the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 has ...

The United Methodist Church on Wednesday voted to lift its ban prohibiting LGBTQ+ members from serving in the church’s clergy—the latest measure in an ongoing effort to revisit the church’s policies ...

CHICAGO (RNS) — About 100 active and retired United Methodist bishops from across the globe are meeting this week in Chicago for the first time in person since the COVID-19 pandemic and since the ...

Differing views surrounding LGBTQ issues led to the delisting, Asbury Theological Seminary's president said.

The United Methodist Church has dropped its case against a pastor who had been suspended after it was learned she helped run ...

A quarter of Methodist congregations in the U.S. are leaving the United Methodist Church as one of the country's largest Protestant denominations wrestles with issues of sexuality and gender identity.

A new Methodist denomination's recent announcement of its official launch as a more conservative alternative to the United Methodist Church was attention-grabbing news. But the new denomination has ...

Oklahoma Methodists and Episcopalians are pursuing a partnership to share clergy and sacraments in the future.

The Rev. Donna Godwin arrived at her first Sunday service as pastor of All Saints United Methodist Church in Trussville on ...