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As the fallout over the United Methodist Church's (UMC) embracing of LGBTQ policies continues, 31 more UMC-affiliated churches in western North Carolina are demanding they be allowed to immediately leave the denomination. The group of churches has also retained a legal firm to help them as they seek to leave their UMC conference. 

More than 100 churches joined a lawsuit seeking to accelerate the process of departure from the Florida Conference, based in Lakeland.

LAKELAND, Fla. (RNS) -- More than 100 churches are suing the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church to immediately disaffiliate from the denomination. The lawsuit comes amid a slow-moving schism in the United Methodist Church largely over the ordination and marriage of its LGBTQ members. And, according to the head…

(RNS) — The lawsuit comes amid a slow-moving schism in the United Methodist Church largely over the ordination and marriage of its LGBTQ members.

[Religion News Service] It was the thing that was supposed to save the United Methodist Church. The Protocol of Reconciliation & Grace Through Separati

(RNS) — Before United Methodists could vote on the widely endorsed plan, traditionalists went ahead and launched a new denomination and several representatives of centrist and progressive groups revoked their support.

Doug Hensleys column examines the recently concluded Northwest Texas Annual Conference decision to provide churches with a path to disaffiliate

A regional body of The United Methodist Church has approved a resolution denouncing biological males participating in women’s sports.

The Broadway congregation voted overwhelmingly in May to align with the new, theologically conservative denomination.

A regional body of The United Methodist Church has approved a resolution denouncing biological males participating in women’s sports.