Global Methodist Church
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ClaudetteThousands of U.S. United Methodist Congregations Leave Denomination Amid Dispute Over LGBTQ Inclusion
More than 7,000 United Methodist congregations in the United States have received approval to leave the denomination since 2019, according to a December 2023 PBS report by Adam...
Evangelical Methodist Church Largely Ends Discrimination Against Homosexuals at General Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina
The worldwide Evangelical Methodist Church (EmK) has largely ended religious discrimination against homosexuals, according to a report published in May 2025 by meine-kirchenzeitung.de. The church’s General Conference, held...
More Than 100 Florida Churches File Suit to Leave United Methodist Church
More than 100 churches have sued the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church to leave the denomination immediately. The lawsuit was filed Thursday, July 14, in...
Alabama Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of 44 Methodist Churches’ Disaffiliation Lawsuit
In June 2024, the Alabama Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit filed by 44 Methodist churches that sought to disaffiliate from the United Methodist...
Commentary Says Global Methodist Funding Asks Far Less Than United Methodist Apportionments
A recent opinion article on the Juicy Ecumenism website argues that American congregations weighing whether to leave the United Methodist Church should count the cost of staying as...
United Methodist delegates in Charlotte, North Carolina, lift ban on LGBTQ clergy
The United Methodist Church has voted to allow LGBTQ people to serve as clergy, a change the source describes as writing church history. Delegates at the church’s General...
GwenMid-Texas Global Methodist Annual Conference Holds First Session in Waco, Texas
The inaugural session of the Mid-Texas Annual Conference of the Global Methodist Church met January 19-21 in Waco, Texas, under the leadership of the Rev. Leah Hidde-Gregory. The...
United Methodists Lose More Than 6,000 Congregations in LGBTQ-Related Schism
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...
Allegheny West Global Methodist Conference Holds Inaugural Session in Reynoldsburg, Ohio
The Allegheny West Provisional Annual Conference of the Global Methodist Church held its inaugural session October 12-14 at Reynoldsburg Community Church outside Columbus, Ohio. The conference covers Ohio...
