PUGHTOWN, PA. - The United Methodist Church defrocked a lesbian minister who lives with her partner Thursday for violating the denomination's ban on actively gay clergy — the first such decision ...

End of X post by The Methodist Church in Ireland The Christian denomination has about 50,000 throughout the island of Ireland, with most of its members and churches based in Northern Ireland.

The Methodist Church in Ireland (MCI) is one of the main religious denominations and is made up of about 200 churches in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The United Methodist ...

Two Mississippi United Methodist Church ministers are facing the possibility of being defrocked after officiating what the church is calling a same-sex wedding, which church law currently forbids.

(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.

news Faith. Why are some churches leaving — and others staying with — the United Methodist Church? While this time of division is difficult, many Methodists view the future with optimism.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The United Methodist Church, the largest mainline Protestant denomination in the U.S., lost about a quarter of its total churches between 2019 and 2023 due to disaffiliations ...

The Methodist Church in Ireland (MCI) is one of the main religious denominations and is made up of about 200 churches in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The United Methodist ...