Bishop Karen Oliveto is retiring in a few months as a United Methodist bishop. Oliveto was emotional saying those words aloud. As the church's first openly gay bishop, her path was not always certain.

A profile of the Methodist Church, the fourth largest Christian Church in England: its history and founder John Wesley and its values. The Methodist Church is the fourth largest Christian Church in ...

A megachurch in Texas voted overwhelmingly to leave the United Methodist Church (UMC) last week as the second-largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. fractures over sexuality, church government ...

Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is the latest health system to report being impacted by an early 2025 data breach involving Oracle Health. In April, the EHR vendor notified the ...

The United Methodist Church, one of the largest Protestant denominations in the U.S., has voted to repeal its ban on LGBTQ clergy as well as prohibitions on its ministers from officiating at same-sex ...

The dispute, which some critics say tests the church’s autonomy, reached the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday for arguments. By Ruth Graham The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in ...

They knew it could mean a reprimand or even a church trial that might end their careers. Still, the pastor of Charlotte’s First United Methodist Church and a retired bishop who once did jail time with ...

Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare will discontinue a service and reduce the size of its workforce as part of a restructuring plan. In a news release shared with Becker’s, the ...

ESCANABA – At the heart of Escanaba’s historic downtown stands First United Methodist Church, an English Gothic-style ...

MARSHALL, Texas -- The First Methodist Church in Marshall announced the establishment of a recovery fund to aid in rebuilding the sanctuary. The more than 160-year-old structure was heavily damaged by ...

MACON, Ga. — Just after the end of the Civil War, The Methodist Home opened their doors in 1872 as an orphanage. Currently, they serve about 55 children, teens, and adults from ages 6 to 21 years old.