(RNS) — Sexuality won’t be on the agenda when members of the nascent Global Methodist Church convene for the first time Sept. 20-26 in San Jose, Costa Rica. The breakaway denomination established by ...

Conflict in Nigeria between supporters of remaining in the UMC and those seeking to leave precedes a deadly clash killing three and injuring 10, and homes set ablaze. UMC bishops and finance agency ...

Sixty-eight Arkansas congregations that left the United Methodist Church have joined the Global Methodist Church, a denomination formed in the midst of the breakup as a landing place for those leaving ...

A religious schism has turned deadly in Nigeria, with a church member fatally shot and two young children killed as homes were set ablaze, according to United Methodist News Service. The news service ...