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A look at what's next now that a judge has ruled in First United Methodist Church of Oklahoma City's favor in a disaffiliation dispute.

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...

"Pray for our church," was all an area pastor was willing to say over the phone to the Cleveland Daily Banner on the subject of disaffiliation from the United Methodist

Remaining United Methodists already are moving past the departures' trauma, gaining new energy to fulfill one of founder John Wesley's primary instructions, to "do good."

I ultimately found a place serving in a moderate/progressive Baptist church, and I have been overwhelmed by the sense of home I have experienced there.

More than 6,000 United Methodist congregations -- a fifth of the U.S. total -- have now received permission to leave the denomination amid a schism over theology and the role of LGBTQ people in the nations second-largest Protestant denomination.

More than 6,000 United Methodist congregations have now received permission to leave the denomination amid a schism over theology and the role of LGBTQ people.

More than 6,000 United Methodist congregations have now received permission to leave the denomination amid a schism over theology and the role of LGBTQ people. Thats one in five of

Photo Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kansas By PET

Photo Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kansas By PET