The idea to create a new Tennessee conference of the United Methodist Church isn't new. But the hardships the new conference will face are. Local conferences, or the regional governance structures, ...

Bishop Robin Dease grew up in a family with 12 brothers and sisters. With that many children, there was always something to fight about, recalled Dease, who shared the story during her packed ...

Less than a week after a judge declined to intervene, representatives of the United Methodist Church will vote on whether to allow dozens of churches to depart the denomination. The Florida Conference ...

The Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church will vote Saturday on the final round of congregations seeking to leave the denomination, a slate of 74 churches. The conference, based in ...

Camp Otterbein has entertained summer campers in Hocking Hills for decades. But this summer, the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church canceled residential summer camps citing a lack of ...

For the second time this year, the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church will convene Saturday to consider requests for separation from dozens of congregations. The conference, based in ...

Though the electricity was turned off in all buildings on the site, visitors arriving at Crystal Springs camp on September 12 for its official decommissioning were embraced by the sacred power of the ...