(UPDATED) Traditional Plan survives legal review, but could still set the UMC on path to division over gay marriage and clergy as Judicial Council also approves exit plan for dissenting churches.

The United Methodist Church has proposed a schism within the denomination, the church announced Friday. They would spin-off into a new "traditional Methodist" denomination, keeping with the ban on ...

In this April 19, 2019, file photo, a gay pride rainbow flag flies along with the U.S. flag in front of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kan., United Methodist Church leaders are ...

Beth Stroud’s conviction upheld; Judicial Council says homosexuals have no automatic right to church membership. An openly gay United Methodist minister lost her bid to return to the pulpit Monday ...

Leaders of the United Methodist Church have rejected the One Church Plan, a measure that would have eased restrictions on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriages, with delegates voting against it at a ...