The United Methodist Church says they have the authority to close churches who leave the denomination, but several are willing to put that to the test.

The United Methodist Judicial Court backed up its previous ruling last year that closing a church cannot be used as a back door for allowing a congregation to leave the denomination and take its ...

The Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church voted Tuesday to close 27 churches, 26 in south Alabama ...

Sardis Church in Hartford will keep its doors open despite being named by the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church as a church that will be closing.

Six churches in the Wiregrass will close after a vote by member in the Alabama West-Florida Conference of the United ...

This is a solemn moment,” said Bishop Jonathan Holston, who oversees all United Methodist churches in Alabama and the Florida ...

President Trump’s hush money criminal conviction returns to the limelight Wednesday as his attorneys plead with an appeals ...

Taraba State Police Command said it has arrested two pastors and some members of the United Methodist Church of ...

A fire broke out at a Las Vegas church; a man was detained for suspected arson and taken to the hospital for minor injuries.