VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The global Catholic Church is split on whether to allow women to serve as deacons, a Vatican document showed on Tuesday, just weeks after Pope Francis ruled out any opening on ...

LONDON (Reuters) - An alliance of church leaders threatened to split from the Church of England over plans to let gay couples hold standalone services in churches, saying it would be a departure from ...

Current and former members of Jonesboro's First United Methodist Church have agreed to settle the litigation that had entangled one of the denomination's largest U.S. congregations. The agreement, ...

In a recent commentary about the United Methodist Church split, columnist Paul DeMarco expressed heartbreak at driving past former UMCs whose signs were changing. I empathize with his grief. But I ...

A multi-year fight over whether Southern Methodist University can separate itself from the United Methodist Church is heading to Texas’ highest court this month. The Texas Supreme Court is scheduled ...

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — The North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church voted to allow 261 congregations to break from the denomination amid a schism over theological differences and the role ...

For Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey, the last two years have resembled a drawn-out quarrel between members of a very large family: people squabble, agree to disagree, face the consequences and then, ...

More than 6,200 churches in the U.S. have left the United Methodist Church amid a splintering and launch of more conservative, breakaway denomination, the Global Methodist Church. Churches outside the ...

More than two months after announcing James River Church’s split from the Assemblies of God, Lead Pastor John Lindell has offered additional insight into what sparked disaffiliation and shared his ...

As United Methodist Church splinters with traditionalists leaving breakaway denomination, questions remain about churches outside U.S. Many expected African churches to be among those which leave.