SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP — More than 1,000 bikers arrived at Shawnee United Methodist Church on Sunday for the 24th annual Blessing of the Bikes. Motorcyclists arrived as early as 7 a.m. for a worship ...

the biggest step so far in the highly anticipated split of the United Methodist Church over LGBTQ rights. The new denomination announced its plans on the same day the UMC postponed its General ...

Members of Grace United Methodist Church get into the groove with a workout that combines dance and exercise. Jazzercise is a full-body workout that blends jazz dance and cardio, strength ...

Meanwhile, conservative factions in Texas expressed concerns over the church's apparently lax style for enforcing such bans and formed breakaway denominations including the Global Methodist Church.

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.

It took decades of activism for a change that was "so very healing," said McAvoy, pastor of Shepherd of the Valley United Methodist Church in Hope, Rhode Island. A member of the Queer Delegate ...

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 ...

The United Methodist Church overturned its 40-year ban on gay clergy Wednesday, marking a historic shift in the church’s stance on homosexuality. The church has long been divided into factions ...

ZANESVILLE, OH – A local Church hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony today for their new Community Cupboard. Grace United Methodist Church, in partnership with the United Way, opened the Community ...

The United Methodist Church (UMC) has historically regarded itself as a “big tent” denomination. But as member churches across the United States vote to disaffiliate from the UMC, the ...