American Methodists News Today

Once the second largest protestant denomination in America, the United Methodist Church lost about a quarter of its members over issues of sexuality. Now, the church is overturning its prohibition on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriage.

After this week’s UMC votes on LGBTQ issues, African Methodists should join American conservatives in the new Global Methodist denomination.

Even after a wave of church disaffiliations since 2020 over LGBTQ issues, United Methodists face similar questions 4 years later.

I mean no disrespect. But many Black pastors don’t hold a Doctor of Theology (Th.D.) degree, Doctor of Divinity (D.D.) degree, Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) degree, Master of Theology (M.Th.)

Here is a calendar of current events at local churches around the Magic Valley.

Methodists have reached a crossroads in 2023, as many conservative churches have left the United Methodist Church (UMC) to create a new conservative denomination.

The United Methodist Church cannot seem to stay out of the news these days — and, given the nature of the news it’s not staying out of, that is not a good thing.

While America’s second-largest Protestant church is losing churches and members like its peers, it’s still fighting over same-sex marriage.

Fred Hearns, a historian with the Tampa History Center, highlights the St. Paul A.M.E. Church, a church that served as a place of worship and civil rights activism.

A Baltimore pastor and archivist stumbled on previously unknown writings by Francis Asbury, the "George Washington" of the Methodist Church.