Below are lists of Mississippi Methodist churches that have officially left the United Methodist Church since 2019 as well as those who have voted to leave, but have not been ratified by the ...

Despite the vote, Methodist clergy as well as the conference itself have been tightlipped about the process. Rev. Barry Male, the pastor for the largest church in Mississippi to have been ratified ...

“Born and raised” in St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Walter McCloney said he strives to keep his “commitment (to the church) palatable.” The Beaumont Enterprise reports the 79 ...

Trinity’s longtime pastor, the Rev. Robert Shields, accepted an appointment in Winnie, opening the Beaumont pulpit for Williams, who had been at St. Paul’s Methodist Church in Houston for the ...

recordings of the many uncelebrated scribes of history. Records dating back to 1834 from the Mississippi Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church tell of a Henry Stephenson's appointment to ...

As United Methodist Churches across Mississippi are increasingly taking votes to disaffiliate from their parent organization, there is one small church that has voted to stick it out, at least for ...

At the start of Holy Week, a Mississippi church chose to leave its denomination because of conflicts about homosexuality, abortion and the teaching of Islam. The First United Methodist Church of ...