By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Friday, December 20, 2024 A worship service held at the Global Methodist Church General Conference in San Jose, Costa Rica in September 2024. | Screengrab: YouTube/Global Methodist Church The leadership of the Global Methodist Church has condemned the killing of three members of the United Methodist Church in Nigeria … Read more
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Tuesday, December 17, 2024 Ryan Danker, director of the John Wesley Institute, a program of the Institute on Religion & Democracy. | George Goss/IRD Good News magazine, a theologically conservative publication that was active in United Methodist Church politics for decades before announcing earlier this year that it was … 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 Friday, August 16, 2024 Capitol Hill United Methodist Church of Washington, D.C. | Screengrab: chumc.net A church in Washington, D.C., has decided to remove a plaque from their sanctuary that was dedicated to former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover due to his checkered history on race issues. In 1966, … Read more
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Friday, August 09, 2024 A procession of United Methodist bishops leads the opening worship at the 2024 United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina. | Mike DuBose/UM News The United Methodist Church says there are hundreds of congregations in Nigeria that won’t be leaving the denomination over its … Read more
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Wednesday, August 07, 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 mostly theologically liberal United Methodist Church and the … 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
Karen Oliveto previously claimed Jesus had bigotries, raised concerns about making Him into ‘an idol’ By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Monday, April 29, 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 … 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 Friday, April 05, 2024 Naperville Korean Methodist Church in Indian | Screenshot: Google Street View An Illinois-based regional body of the United Methodist Church regained control of church property that was involved in litigation with a group that broke away from the denomination. Last month, a judge ruled in … Read more
