One-fifth of United Methodist congregations in the United States have received permission to leave the denomination over disagreements over same-sex marriage and gay preachers. In annual conferences ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The nation's largest group of Black Protestants is meeting this week for a high-stakes gathering that could thrust the ...

Black churches are among the oldest and most influential institutions dedicated to supporting Black Americans. When they were first founded, denominations like the African Methodist Episcopal Church ...

A prominent Columbia church has voted to leave its denomination, in another sign of the shifting foundations of American Protestantism in the 21st century. Worshipers at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at ...

(RNS) — It was the thing that was supposed to save the United Methodist Church. The Protocol of Reconciliation & Grace Through Separation, brokered by 16 United Methodist bishops and advocacy group ...

The nation's largest group of Black Protestants is meeting this week for a high-stakes gathering that could thrust the denomination into an unprecedented leadership crisis − just as it faces major ...