FLORENCE — After years of battling over finances, human sexuality, property rights and religious discipline, 113 United Methodist Churches formally left the denomination during the annual state ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The United Methodist Church, the largest mainline Protestant denomination in the U.S., lost about a quarter of its total churches between 2019 and 2023 due to disaffiliations, ...

In a recent commentary about the United Methodist Church split, columnist Paul DeMarco expressed heartbreak at driving past former UMCs whose signs were changing. I empathize with his grief. But I ...

Joseph B. Bethea United Methodist Church, Horry County, S.C. The Carolina Forest congregation continues to be affiliated with the UMC church after over 100 SC churches left the denomination in June ...

Editor’s Note: This is one of three stories on a split in the United Methodist Church (UMC) as some congregations have elected to “disaffiliate” due to conflicts — including an ongoing debate over ...

A long-running battle between one of the state’s largest churches and several of its local congregations is heading for one South Carolina judge’s desk. S.C. Chief Justice John Kittredge has ...

Hundreds of congregations of the United Methodist Church voted to leave the denomination Saturday, and remaining congregations have just six weeks left to decide whether to leave or stay amid the ...

The ongoing divide of the United Methodist Church, which used to be the second largest protestant denomination in the U.S. after Southern Baptist Convention, might be a sign of broader societal ...