The UMC is a worldwide denomination. American membership has declined to about 6.5 million, from a peak of 11 million in the 1960s. Overseas membership soared to match or exceed that of the U.S ...

(RNS) — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced a $1 million grant to leaders of the Church of God in Christ as part of a national program to plant and maintain trees in American cities.

(RNS) — To date, 5,550 of the United Methodist Church’s approximately 30,000 US churches have disaffiliated from the country’s second-largest Protestant denomination since 2019.

The Global Methodist Church, a new, more conservative Methodist denomination, announced Thursday it will officially launch in May, the biggest step so far in the highly anticipated split of the ...

The Episcopal Church, which has more than 1.6 million members, angered conservatives when it ordained an openly gay minister in 2003, prompting some dioceses to vote to leave the church and ...

Mt. Horeb United Methodist Church in Lexington — the largest contributor to the state UMC budget — officially began the process to leave the denomination on Jan. 9, 2023.

The United Methodist Church has hemorrhaged more than 2,000 churches since 2019, when the denomination voted to uphold a ban on same-sex marriage and gay clergy. Conservatives claim the vote has ...

Mt. Horeb United Methodist Church, South Carolina’s largest UMC congregation, plans to separate from the denomination after the state approved an agreement for churches seeking disaffiliation.