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In 1968, Black Methodists for Church Renewal, one of five ethnic caucuses in the United Methodist Church, was founded. In 2001, the caucus created the African American Methodist Heritage Center to recover and remember Black Methodists’ contributions to the denomination.

In an email sent Wednesday (Dec. 28), the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church announced a "pause" on disaffiliations in the region until the United Methodist Church's global decision-making body, the General Conference, meets in 2024.

United Methodists have for generations been a mainstay of the American religious landscape. But the United Methodist Church is also the latest of several mainline Protestant denominations in America to begin fracturing amid debates over sexuality and theology.

Kamri McLendon says that she and her boyfriend wanted a baby dedication, but after initially agreeing, their pastor refused to dedicate or baptize their baby on the grounds that the couple is “living together in sin.”

A group of United Methodist bishops in Africa announced Thursday (Sept. 8) that it will no longer work with the Africa Initiative or the Wesleyan Covenant Association, accusing the groups of spreading misinformation.

While legislation to enact the Protocol of Reconciliation & Grace Through Separation still likely will be considered at the next General Conference meeting, wavering support for it leaves United Methodists either imagining a new way forward or plunging into chaos, depending on whom you ask.

The 6th annual gathering of the Wesleyan Covenant Association was broadcast live from Indianapolis Saturday (May 7) to dozens of local churches across the country that are considering leaving the United Methodist Church.

Sunday (May 1) was the launch of the Global Methodist Church, a new theologically conservative denomination splintering from the United Methodist Church.