Methodists

Keith Boyette prepares for retirement as the denomination gathers formally for the first time.

Viral videos show athletes singing in four-part harmony, a practice with deep Christian and indigenous roots in the Pacific island nation.

After this week’s UMC votes on LGBTQ issues, African Methodists should join American conservatives in the new Global Methodist denomination.

After years of disagreement and the departure of thousands of churches, the change passed without debate.

The plan would organize UMC churches in four global regions, with each given more leeway around same-sex marriage and other theological issues.

One of England’s finest writers surveys the past and present of English faith.

Study: 24 percent of clergy in North Carolina are still opposed to same-sex marriage.

Here’s why the new denomination may or may not fit the label.

Ahead of the first general conference, the new denomination is weighing possible limits on leaders.

On the other side of disaffiliation, traditionalist congregations pursue prayer, revival, and revitalization.