Emily McFarlan Miller – Author – MinistryWatch
The Seattle megachurch’s move to disaffiliate from the denomination comes as the ECC was prepared to vote this summer on expelling Quest and Awaken Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, over the churches' stance on sexuality.
Quest Church, an influential Seattle megachurch, is leaving its denomination, the Evangelical Covenant Church, over its differences with the ECC on sexuality and LGBTQ issues.
The North Georgia Conference had barred churches wishing to leave the UMC from disaffiliating before the 2024 General Conference
The North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church can’t just press “pause” on disaffiliations from the denomination by churches in its area, according to a ruling Tuesday (May 16) by a Georgia judge.
Each of the three schools will remain independent with its own identity, mission and governance.
The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and McCormick Theological Seminary are moving into available space on the campus of Catholic Theological Union, creating a theological megacampus on the South Side of Chicago.
White’s Chapel plans to invite others to join the Methodist Collegiate Church once its disaffiliation is approved by Central Texas United Methodists next month
When White’s Chapel’s members voted to disaffiliate in November, they decided not to join the Global Methodist Church, in part because congregants, who hold a diversity of views, want to be a healing agent among ...
To date, at least 2,804 churches have left the United Methodist Church since 2019, according to United Methodist News Service.
United Methodist bishops have proposed a five-day meeting of the denomination’s global decision-making body, the General Conference, in May 2026.
United Methodist bishops from across the globe are meeting this week for the first time in person since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bishop Thomas Bickerton told the United Methodist Church’s Council of Bishops it was time to pivot, as the denomination has been losing churches since a 2019 special session of its General Conference approved a disaffiliation ...
A Wisconsin bishop had required clergy whose churches were disaffiliating to give up their jobs or their credentials.
The United Methodist Judicial Council ruled Tuesday (April 25) that clergy will not automatically lose their credentials if their churches leave the denomination.
A Florida judge has dismissed a lawsuit originally brought by more than 100 United Methodist churches wishing to immediately disaffiliate from the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.
The fledgling Global Methodist Church has announced a list of recommended educational institutions for candidates seeking ordination as a deacon or elder.
Bishop Scott Jones isn’t the first United Methodist bishop to join the Global Methodist Church since the theologically conservative denomination launched in May, but his exit from the UMC has arguably caused the greatest stir.
