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(RNS) — A trial violated Wesley's dictum 'Do no harm.'

Shackled by nearly $700,000 in debt and facing a spike in interest rates, worshippers at Lakewood United Methodist Church in North Little Rock asked God this year to help them move a financial mountain that, to some, seemed insurmountable.

Welcome to the world of diversity, where what looks good is often more valued than what works, and where diversity is defined more in terms of gender, race, and age rather than diversity of experience, distribution of spiritual gifts and different theological perspectives.

He had a wife and a girlfriend. His ambition was unchecked. He tried to commit suicide. But when I came face to face with the minister of my boyhood church, the sin we talked about was murder.

(RNS) — Talbert was recognized for his work on racial justice, LGBTQ advocacy and ecumenical cooperation.

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Division over human sexuality and LGBT rights in the United Methodist Church has led some congregations to enter into a process of disaffiliation and reorganize as independent churches or in the newly organized Global Methodist...

A statue of Blessed Michael McGivney, sculpted by Stanley Bliefeld, is displayed outside of St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, Connecticut. / Bethany Ippolito, 2020 New Haven, Conn., Jul 5, 2023 / 12:30 pm (CNA). The seven Catholic parishes in New...

The First Amendment doesnt support using one’s religion to force others to comply with an interpretation of law.

It’s been about 170 days since Bishop Delores Williamston took the helm as leader of Louisianas United Methodist Church, and she’s spent many of them trekking to local churches across