The Rev. Hayes T. Gainey believes in spreading the gospel beyond church walls with benevolence and acceptance of those who are in need of spiritual care and enrichment. It has become his trademark in ...

That thought bubbled to the surface on Wednesday when the Rev. Valerie Steele, of Oklahoma City, learned that her long-held hope had been realized: the United Methodist Church overturned a 40-year ban ...

Twenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked as a United Methodist Church pastor after telling her Philadelphia congregation that she was in a committed same-sex relationship. On Tuesday night, less ...

The United Methodist Church in North Alabama has moved around many of its clergy who will preach their first sermons in their new churches today. The Rev. Robin Crews Wilson became senior pastor of ...

Angie Cox, left, and Joelle Henneman hug after an approval vote at the United Methodist Church General Conference Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. United Methodist delegates repealed their ...

KANSAS CITY, MO — The United Methodist Church agreed members of the LGBTQ community can serve congregations as pastors. “We took out that part of the language that we have been fighting about for 52 ...

CAPE MAY – After six months in the pulpit, Rev. Jeanette Block is feeling comfortable with her assignment as pastor of the Cape May United Methodist Church. Block said United Methodist ministers are ...

The United Methodist Church, one of the largest Protestant denominations in the U.S., has voted to repeal its ban on LGBTQ clergy as well as prohibitions on its ministers from officiating at same-sex ...

First United Methodist Church of Birmingham today revealed who its next senior pastor will be. The Rev. Kevin Thomas, pastor of Forest Lake United Methodist Church in Tuscaloosa, will become the new ...

United Methodist clergy in the Baltimore-Washington area have asked their bishop and the denomination’s high court to review a recent decision to reappoint a transgender pastor. Bishop John R. Schol ...

More than half of the United Methodist churches across Alabama have disaffiliated from the denomination, and the signs are becoming obvious – churches are literally changing their signs, reflecting ...