So, in 2022, a splinter denomination was born: the Global Methodist Church. Traditionalist congregations had seen the writing on the wall: Change was coming ... congregations split off to form ...

To The Reader’s Forum: Jeff Winton’s article “Disappointed with Disaffiliation” sadly misrepresents the true reason for several churches in Chautauqua County leaving the United Methodist Church. The ...

Three United Methodists were killed in clashes between members of the United Methodist Church of Nigeria and the conservative ...

The historic rift in the United Methodist Church is part of a larger split in recent years in the ... Meanwhile, the Catholic Church is coming together on some issues of sexuality, including ...

Ongoing fallout to splintering and major change approved at UMC top legislative assembly in May fuels conflict in Nigeria, ...

Like many Methodist pastors ... “What we do here is, when people want to join up, we acknowledge them coming to the church, and we open up the door as far as giving everybody an opportunity ...

“We warned the GMC bishops of Nigeria that tensions were escalating because of the split within The United Methodist Church in Nigeria and to call GMC members in the midst of our differences to ...

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[Elvis Ogina Standard] Bundi said he would not be fazed by attempts to remove him as synod head, after the Methodist Church Conference Office, the MCK governing arm, suspended him through a letter ...

The leadership crisis in the Methodist Church in Kenya (MCK) widened yesterday after a major synod opposed the leadership of Presiding Bishop Joseph Ntombura. At the heart of the fight for the ...