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The theological fracture within the country's largest mainline Methodist denomination has grown more contentious as a church conference in Georgia has temporarily blocked churches from disaffiliating.

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BRIDGETON — Several United Methodist churches in South Jersey who disagree with new, progressive policies on same-sex marriages and gay clergy say the state conference is making it too difficult to ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Changes are coming to the United Methodist Church (UMC). On Sunday, a breakaway denomination called the Global Methodist Church (GMC) will launch after denomination leaders expressed ...

For the second time this year, the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church will convene Saturday to consider requests for separation from dozens of congregations. The conference, based in ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Members of the Cassidy United Methodist Church are at peace after Saturday’s vote went through for them to disaffiliate from the Holston Conference. “There’s a peace that has ...

The United Methodist Church's South Central Jurisdictional Conference last week filed a lawsuit against Southern Methodist University to prevent the university from reconfiguring its relationship with ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- More than 200 Methodist churches in Texas are looking to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church in a multi-step process that could receive official approval Saturday at ...

The Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church will vote Saturday on the final round of congregations seeking to leave the denomination, a slate of 74 churches. The conference, based in ...