United Methodist Church

St. Louis pastors will impose their own regulations on a repealed ban on same-sex weddings and LGBTQ clergy in the United Methodist Church.

The spring season is a festive one in Judaism and Christianity. Both Easter and Passover celebrate rebirth and renewal, often with large…

Updated, 10:30 a.m. Thursday: The meeting this week ended with a commitment to resist the plan approved in February at the General Conference; the...

On Tuesday afternoon, international delegates from the United Methodist Church voted to reaffirm the church’s bans on holding same-sex weddings and…

Delegates rejected change despite a Virginia pastor's warning: "You will be putting a virus into the American church that will make it very sick, and it will be sick quickly."

When settlement houses were founded in the United States in the late 19th century, the idea was for educated middle-class or upper-class individuals to…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 28, 2010 - Thousands of people of many faiths are expected to take to the streets of downtown…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 9, 2010 - American Protestantism is in the ER, says a growing number of church leaders as well…