By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Thursday, November 07, 2024 Naperville Korean Methodist Church in Indiana. | Screenshot/Google Street View An Illinois-based congregation has agreed to pay more than $1.4 million in order to disaffiliate from The United Methodist Church following litigation over who owned its property. The former Naperville Korean United Methodist Church agreed … Read more
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Friday, October 18, 2024 iStock/D:532811041 A church in Alabama has filed a complaint against a regional body of The United Methodist Church, seeking a court order confirming that they own their historic property. Church Street Methodist Church of Selma, which reportedly has a membership of around 350 and is … Read more
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Thursday, October 10, 2024 During the opening worship service of the United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, on April 23, 2024, five United Methodist bishops from around the world celebrate communion with participants. | Paul Jeffrey, UM News The United Methodist Church has a record low number … Read more
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Tuesday, July 16, 2024 United Methodist Church Bishop Karen Oliveto preaches a sermon at First United Methodist Church of Charlotte, North Carolina, on April 28, 2024, during the UMC General Conference. Oliveto’s election was ruled invalid by the United Methodist Judicial Council in 2017 due to her being in … Read more
By Christian Daily International, Monday, June 03, 2024 The First United Methodist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas, displays an LGBT rainbow decoration. | Getty Images As the United Methodist Church recently made decisions at its general conference regarding the ordination of homosexual pastors, among other issues, it has stirred repercussions in Korea, where there are … Read more
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Thursday, May 23, 2024 The United Methodist Church Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference gathering for its annual conference meeting on May 21, 2024. | Screengrab: YouTube/EPAUMC A former United Methodist Church pastor who was defrocked about 20 years ago for being in a same-sex romantic relationship has been reinstated by … Read more
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Friday, May 03, 2024 Amanda Mountain and Bridget Cabrera pray outside the Charlotte Convention Center on May 2 following a decision by the 2024 United Methodist General Conference to approve a revision of the denomination’s Social Principles. The newly approved document eliminates a statement that the practice of homosexuality … Read more
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Sunday, April 28, 2024 The ordination of Francis Asbury at the Methodist Episcopal Church’s “Christmas Conference,” which was held at Lovely Lane Chapel in Baltimore, Maryland, from Christmas Eve 1784 to early January 1785. | Public Domain Throughout the extensive history of the Church, there have been numerous events … Read more
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Saturday, April 13, 2024 The Supreme Court of Alabama in Montgomery, Alabama. | Wikimedia Commons/Michael Barera https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montgomery_December_2018_39_(Supreme_Court_of_Alabama).jpg The Alabama Supreme Court has rejected a request from a United Methodist Church conference to kill a lawsuit filed by a megachurch trying to secure the rights to its church property as … Read more
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Wednesday, February 28, 2024 View of the stage during the United Methodist Church’s special session General Conference inside the Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, Missouri, on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019. | United Methodist News Service/Kathleen Barry The United Methodist Church may soon approve the lowest budget for … Read more
