An effort to remove anti-LGBTQ+ restrictions at the UMC General Conference emerged in response to decades of traditionalist legislative wins. While also removing anti-LGBTQ+ restrictions, progressive ...

The theme of the United Methodist general conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, emblazoned on banners, tote bags, and name tags, was a snippet of Psalm 46: “Know that I am God.” At the end of the ...

David Meredith, middle, hugs fellow observers after an approval vote at the United Methodist Church General Conference Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. When the United Methodist Church ...

ST. LOUIS • Many of those who attended the General Conference of the United Methodist Church on Monday walked past Alyss Swanson. She stood at the entrance of America’s Center downtown, holding a ...

David Meredith (middle) shared a hug after after a vote at the United Methodist Church General Conference on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. Chris Carlson / ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLOTTE, N.C.

Cale Hall was confirmed at 13 years old at Wilmington United Methodist Church, and in seventh grade he would spend his time at parent pick-up pretending he was a preacher. Hall would go on to earn a ...

For the first time in 91 years, the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church convenes in Pensacola, home of "the mother church of Florida Methodism." The group will gather to ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It took just a few days for United Methodist delegates to remove a half-century’s worth of denominational bans on gay clergy and same-sex marriages. But when asked at a news ...