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If I wasn’t Methodist, I might be Buddhist

(RNS) — My Methodist heart was 'strangely warmed' in the dead of winter in North Carolina by a stalwart group of Buddhist ...
Editor’s Note: This is one of three stories on a split in the United Methodist Church (UMC) as some congregations have elected to “disaffiliate” due to conflicts — including an ongoing debate over ...
After disaster struck, all three faiths are worshiping under the same roof, forming a microcosm of peaceful coexistence ...
A Methodist church isn’t the usual venue for a fist fight. But when John Street Church in downtown Manhattan held a meeting one sweltering July afternoon in 1856 on the possibility of moving uptown, ...
Auburn Methodist Coalition's lawsuit seeking forced disaffiliation vote was dismissed and a re-hearing denied.
Bishop Karen Oliveto is retiring in a few months as a United Methodist bishop. Oliveto was emotional saying those words aloud. As the church's first openly gay bishop, her path was not always certain.
When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...
A profile of the Methodist Church, the fourth largest Christian Church in England: its history and founder John Wesley and its values. The Methodist Church is the fourth largest Christian Church in ...
Methodist Hospitals CFO returns after 20 years to lead finance as vice president and CFO in Gary, Indiana, strengthening the health system's leadership.
Last year, the United Methodist Church accepted Isaac Simmons, who regularly preaches dressed as a drag queen under the name Ms. Penny Cost, as a candidate for ordination. Since that time, Simmons, ...
Little Miss Valerin Samantha Ortiz arrived fashionably late to become Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge’s first baby of 2025. Born at 9:13 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 2, Valerin is the child of Elvin ...