American Methodism was formally established in 1784, just after the Revolutionary War. The new denomination grew rapidly along with the new nation in numbers, geography, and prestige.

But the era of big-tent Methodism may now be ending, as conservative congregations exit. Mr. Cotton’s lifelong congregation, now known as Dardanelle Methodist Church, left the denomination this ...

On Aug. 7, United Methodism’s second- and seventh-largest churches by attendance, both in the Houston area, voted to quit the denomination.

Methodism also has a long track record of advocacy for the rights of women, including the right to ordination, which some of those leaving the denomination oppose.

Methodism is in theological crisis, and if she does not return to the faith of Paul and Luther and Wesley and Clarke she shall cease to be a vital influence. The Organizational Predicament.

Methodism emerged “streamlined for modernity,” though ironically this led to a renewed concern with hierarchy and the submerging of women’s public roles.

New denomination forms amid splintering: What it means for the future of Methodism The more conservative Global Methodist Church holds inaugural legislative assembly following exodus of thousands ...

Methodism, he says, is a “strange combination of discipline and freedom—and it is the discipline that makes the freedom possible.” Wesley’s instinct for order was wise, ...

Ireshopeburn is one of County Durham’s best-kept secrets, according to visitors. This small village in the heart of the North ...