Twenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked from her beloved job as a United Methodist pastor in Philadelphia. In a church trial, she was found guilty of violating “Christian teaching” because she had ...

A stack of umbrellas sits in a container at the entrance to Sewickley United Methodist Church. While they represent a functional use, they also have a deeper meaning. To demonstrate that deeper ...

(RNS) — If the United Methodist Church wants to reach younger, more ethnically diverse people, it must focus on densely ...

Twenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked as a United Methodist Church pastor after telling her Philadelphia congregation that she was in a committed same-sex relationship. On Tuesday night, less ...

The Rev. Adam Hamilton, pastor of the largest United Methodist church in the country, has announced he’s running for the U.S. Senate seat in Kansas. If he were elected, that would be two sitting ...

At one point in late April, during her guest sermon at Manchaca United Methodist Church, the Rev. Tracey Beadle, current pastor at Westlake United Methodist Church, announced some tentative vote ...

Bishop Jonathan Holston, who oversees United Methodist churches in Alabama, has announced new clergy appointments for more than two dozen churches in the North Alabama Conference. Among the churches ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A Methodist pastor from Philadelphia, who was defrocked 20 years ago for being in a same-sex relationship, has been reinstated. Beth Stroud made headlines when she was ousted in ...