The Global Methodist Church, made up mostly of churches that disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church, has steered away from some United Methodist practices such as its annual clergy appointment ...
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 ...
Splintering in the United Methodist Church following disagreements over theology and church policy — including dealing with LGBTQ+ rights — fueled exodus of thousands of churches. Many congregations ...
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 ...
Sixty-eight Arkansas congregations that left the United Methodist Church have joined the Global Methodist Church, a denomination formed in the midst of the breakup as a landing place for those leaving ...
A convening General Conference approves the new denomination with singing, prayer, a constitution, and interim bishops. There were lots of tears at the Global Methodist Church’s first General ...
Hundreds of United Methodists will gather in Charlotte, N.C., in the next two weeks to make big decisions on the religious denomination’s policies, finances, inclusiveness and future. The ...
(The Conversation) — The United Methodist Church will hold its General Conference, delayed several years by the pandemic, in April 2024. The meeting comes amid a dramatic divide over LGBTQ+ rights.
Outgoing Tennessee bishop Rev. Bill McAlilly’s prayer for area United Methodists is they pursue “reorientation” in a season of upheaval and uncertainty. “I would love to say the disorientation is gone ...
As a young seminary student at Emory University in 1972, Larry Rankin heeded a professor’s suggestion to attend the General Conference of the United Methodist Church, taking place that year in Atlanta ...
The leadership of the Global Methodist Church has condemned the killing of three members of the United Methodist Church in ...