On the other side of disaffiliation, traditionalist congregations pursue prayer, revival, and revitalization. June Fulton felt weird sitting in the third pew. At every service since she joined the ...

A lay leader for the Global Methodist Church, a splinter group that broke off from United Methodists, referred to last week’s United Methodist General Conference as a “debacle” during a meeting of the ...

Twenty United Methodist Church regional conferences saw at least 30% of their churches leave the denomination in the past five years. Chief among those regional authorities was the Northwest Texas ...

NEW PHILADELPHIA – For decades, the Rev. Harley Wheeler has been fighting to make renewal a clear focus in the United Methodist Church. He believes orthodox Christianity is life-affirming, powerful ...

The Global Methodist Church (GMC), a conservative denomination formed from a schism with the United Methodist Church (UMC), is focusing on its own growth and mission. The schism, largely driven by ...

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 ...

Global Methodist Church Bishop Scott Jones led a workshop for clergy on Thursday for the new denomination’s North Alabama Conference at ClearBranch Methodist Church in Trussville. Afterward, he spoke ...

ENID, Okla. — Willow View Church in Enid joined the Global Methodist Church in September 2023 after being independent for about a year following a congregational vote to disaffiliate from the United ...

A Lubbock woman is joining denominational leadership in the Global Methodist Church. Dianne Burnett was recently named executive director of communications for the new denomination, which launched ...

In a time when many churches across the country are experiencing declining membership, one local congregation is telling a ...

A quarter of Methodist congregations in the U.S. are leaving the United Methodist Church as one of the country's largest Protestant denominations wrestles with issues of sexuality and gender identity.

When the First Methodist Episcopal Church of West Point Pleasant opened in 1872, it was situated among rural farmland near a body of water. Today, as the renamed Harvey Memorial United Methodist ...