The United Methodist Church says they have the authority to close churches who leave the denomination, but several are willing to put that to the test.

Sardis Church in Hartford will keep its doors open despite being named by the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church as a church that will be closing.

The United Methodist Judicial Court backed up its previous ruling last year that closing a church cannot be used as a back door for allowing a congregation to leave the denomination and take its ...

This is a solemn moment,” said Bishop Jonathan Holston, who oversees all United Methodist churches in Alabama and the Florida ...

Six churches in the Wiregrass will close after a vote by member in the Alabama West-Florida Conference of the United ...

On Friday, the Northern Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church voted to close 20 churches in its jurisdiction, ...

Local churches include The Table, Tucker's Chapel, Courtland Church, Moulton First Church, Isom's Chapel, Hollywood Church, Langston Church, and Mt. Oak Church.

President Trump’s hush money criminal conviction returns to the limelight Wednesday as his attorneys plead with an appeals ...

Pregnant women in Douglas County have better access to maternity care than women in much of Kansas, statewide data indicates, ...

I needed to see where my son took his last breath,” a mother said of her visit to the Pulse nightclub. “It’s as simple as ...