The United Methodist Church has garnered criticism for a plan to possibly cut funding to ... of the Côte d'Ivoire Conference to properly exit the global denomination. Had it followed the process ...

The dispute, which some critics say tests the church’s autonomy, reached the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday for arguments.

Long proposed such an organization prior to St. Luke's exit from the United Methodist Church. The minister said the plan is ...

The case stems from a lawsuit the United Methodist Church’s South Central Jurisdictional Conference, which runs the church’s ...

With a key vote for regional UMC bodies to ratify a plan to restructure ... month between feuding Methodist groups that killed three and injured 10 roiled both the United Methodist Church and ...