Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, headquartered in Lakeland, voted on Saturday to allow the disaffiliation of ...

Theological differences and a property dispute are among the reasons more than 100 churches in Florida filed suit Thursday against their governing body, the Florida Annual Conference of the United ...

Multiple churches in the state have agreed to break away from the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, as some church members say society is driving the church to make changes such as ...

(RNS) — The departure of any church or clergy from the denomination is not instantaneous, but must first go through its annual conferences. (RNS) — A statement posted on Facebook Tuesday (May 3) by ...

A number of churches in the greater Tampa Bay region, including Sylvan Abbey Methodist Church in Clearwater, are breaking away from the United Methodist Church over divisions in doctrine and same-sex ...

Less than a week after a judge declined to intervene, representatives of the United Methodist Church will vote on whether to allow dozens of churches to depart the denomination. The Florida Conference ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Conference of The United Methodist Church was slapped with a 36 page lawsuit; 106 of its churches alleging the conference's leaders of not following Biblical teachings ...

(RNS) — More than 100 churches are suing the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church to immediately disaffiliate from the denomination. The lawsuit comes amid a slow-moving schism in ...

The Alabama Supreme Court has made a ruling affecting 15 cases in the continuing legal saga of churches suing to leave the United Methodist Church and take their property with them. The cases involved ...

The Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church approved the separations of 74 churches during a virtual special session held Saturday. It was the final round of requests for disaffiliations ...

An Auburn and Duke-educated pastor who led the conference board of trustees during the contentious 2023 disaffiliation ...

Theological differences and a property dispute are among the reasons more than 100 churches in Florida filed suit Thursday against their governing body, the Florida Annual Conference of the United ...