Pastor Phil Rogers, of Manchester United Methodist Church, says they’re parting ways for several reasons, which includes performing same-sex weddings and ordaining LGBT-Q ministers.

has always felt like her congregation at the Manchester United Methodist Church in rural southwestern Washtenaw County welcomed her with open arms. But in the governing documents of the broader ...

Many churches in Michigan have already made their decision. Pastor Dillon Burns, who leads the Manchester United Methodist Church in Washtenaw County, said his church has recognized the conflict ...

Cancel anytime. Jim Vail, one of the founders of the Manchester United Methodist Church Bike Rehab ministry, talks about the history of the Bike Rehab. The bike ministry has given away more than ...

This year alone, 4,172 congregations left, according to an unofficial tally by United Methodist News Service. While the church forbids the marriage or ordination of “self-avowed, practicing ...

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.

Not us," he says. "So when we say we're the church, we're referring to our Lord and not ourselves." The United Methodist congregation was founded in 1964, during boom times in Southern California.

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 ...

“It’s so friendly,” she said, “you don’t feel like it’s a huge church.” Until July, White’s Chapel was the second-largest United Methodist congregation in the country. The ...

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 ...