Whereas United Methodists in some parts of Africa are leaving the denomination following a costly splintering, Zimbabweans' zeal is resolute.

SEKE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Yvonne Binda stands in front of a church congregation, all in pristine white robes, and tells them not to believe what they’ve heard about COVID-19 vaccines. “The vaccine is not ...

A United Methodist official testified on Friday in Houston County court that Harvest Church in Dothan is subject to the denomination’s trust clause even if founding members of the church were unaware ...

with splintering in the United Methodist Church, fueled in part by disagreements about LGBTQ+ rights, and a landmark restructuring, African leaders have pushed for restoration of normalcy.

Before, the church suffered under the cruel apartheid regime of former Southern Rhodesia Prime Minister Ian Smith. The United Methodist bishop back then mobilized rank-and-file parishioners to resist ...

United Methodist Church recently ratified landmark restructuring giving regions outside U.S. more say. Many call it the "decolonizing" of the denomination after costly splintering. The Tennessean, ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. MUTARE, ZIMBABWE — The expecting mothers ushered their roommate Tinashe Mawondo to the hospital at Old Mutare Mission center, mere ...

A splintering in the United Methodist Church, partly fueled by disagreements over LGBTQ+ rights, led to the exodus of churches in U.S. and has led to additional conflict in Africa and the Philippines.

The future of a historic Loris church is murky after South Carolina’s United Methodist Church conference sued to take control of the property. Camp Swamp Church, at 853 Camp Swamp Road, was founded in ...

Malaria research center housed at Africa University, a United Methodist-affiliated institution in Mutare, Zimbabwe, received a stop work order in March with Trump administration closing USAID. New ...

RUWA, ZIMBABWE — United Methodist clergy and laity excitedly greeted Zimbabwe bishop Rev. Gift T. Machinga, welcoming him and his vision for the Southern African nation. Machinga, elected in March, is ...