Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hundreds of Global Methodist Church clergy and laypeople from across West Texas gather for the first-ever West Plains Provisional ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new Methodist denomination's recent announcement of its official launch as a more conservative alternative to the United ...

(RNS) — Sexuality won’t be on the agenda when members of the nascent Global Methodist Church convene for the first time Sept. 20-26 in San Jose, Costa Rica. The breakaway denomination established by ...

Traditionalists committed to leaving the United Methodist Church have chosen “Global Methodist Church” as the name for the denomination they plan to launch. “The primary mission of the Global ...

A lay leader for the Global Methodist Church, a splinter group that broke off from United Methodists, referred to last week’s United Methodist General Conference as a “debacle” during a meeting of the ...

A convening General Conference approves the new denomination with singing, prayer, a constitution, and interim bishops. There were lots of tears at the Global Methodist Church’s first General ...

The United Methodist General Conference that ended May 3 approved a plan for full communion with Episcopalians, pending approval by the 2027 Episcopal Church General Convention. But what about the ...

Splintering in the United Methodist Church following disagreements over theology and church policy — including dealing with LGBTQ+ rights — fueled exodus of thousands of churches. Many congregations ...

The Global Methodist Church welcomes Scott Jones, who led Methodists in Texas and had advocated for the “extreme center” and “staying at the table.” Bishop Scott Jones isn’t the first United Methodist ...

The United Methodist Church is splitting with more conservative churches forming the Global Methodist Church. Organization that formed the new Methodist denomination meets days after new denomination ...

The United Methodist Church’s Council of Bishops, ending a five-day meeting Friday, acknowledged the inevitable breakup of their denomination – a schism that will widen this weekend with the launch of ...