Churches that still want to leave the United Methodist Church as part of a splintering in the denomination no longer have a procedural way to do so, or at least with their property in tow. A new ...

Too often, nondenominationalism presents itself as though it were the absence of tradition," says Daniel Coffey.

(RNS) — Under the new restructuring plan, called 'regionalization,' the denomination's nine regions will be equal partners with greater freedom to tailor church life to their own customs and ...

I am not a fan of the United Methodist Church’s current direction. But in truth, I have not been for my whole life.

Few legal entanglements complicate the departure, but brings a lot of grief over denominational division. First Christian Reformed Church chose its name for a reason. It’s the oldest Christian ...

Church Street Methodist Church of Selma, the city’s oldest church at 185 years old, this week sued the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church in an effort to keep control of ...