Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ongoing divide of the United Methodist Church, which used to be the second largest protestant denomination in the U.S. after ...

The theological fracture within the country's largest mainline Methodist denomination has grown more contentious as a church conference in Georgia has temporarily blocked churches from disaffiliating.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The First United Methodist Church of Alcoa is celebrating 100 years of faith in the community. Things have changed in that time period, enough to make some Alcoa pastors question ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 18—The General Conference of the United Methodist Church is looking to the future, and its leaders want to focus on ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Christianity’s waiting season of Advent drew to a close on Christmas Sunday, but the United Methodist Church’s (UMC) Holston Conference — and the entire denomination — is ...

In a recent commentary about the United Methodist Church split, columnist Paul DeMarco expressed heartbreak at driving past former UMCs whose signs were changing. I empathize with his grief. But I ...

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 ...

The Rev. Bill Farmer reached the point where he couldn’t stay in the United Methodist Church anymore — but the congregation he attended was staying. Michael Hahn always wanted to stay in the UMC — but ...

The service celebrated the local church officially becoming a “Global” Methodist church. It also served as a look back at its long history as a “United” Methodist church. It was one of the saddest ...