The actions on bishops and ultimately the minimal number of new bishop elections fulfilled a need to shrink United Methodist episcopal leadership in the U.S. due to drastic budget cuts following a ...

United Methodist Church Council of Bishops meet for August meeting as denomination schism intensifies Council president and other bishops call conservative attacks "falsehoods" Lawsuits and calls ...

Council of Bishops sets out to refocus on the UMC congregations that stay after 2023. United Methodist bishops have proposed a five-day meeting of the denomination’s global decision-making body ...

As a landmark United Methodist gathering approaches, African churches weigh their future Africa is home to the vast majority of United Methodists outside the U.S.

But a statement released May 14 by the United Methodist Council of Bishops made it clear that United Methodists are not currently in communion with Global Methodist churches.

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the death of Pope John III, the capture of Edmund Campion, and ...

A United Methodist Church court has acquitted a California bishop of all charges in the first trial of one of the church’s bishops in nearly a century.

Thousands of churches exiting the United Methodist Church have strained budgets and placed greater political pressure on bishops who’ve increasingly taken on additional duties. This instability ...