One is the son of Liberian immigrants who raised him in Atlanta, Georgia. The other once dreamed of becoming an architect instead of a preacher. Though the two ministers, the Rev. Elijah S. Shafah and ...

This year the United Methodist Church is celebrating the 70th year since the mainline Protestant denomination approved ordination for women as ministers in 1956. Over the past decade, many women who ...

The Rev. Robert Gibbs, a retired United Methodist Church administrator, built on his father's legacy as a way of building on another: the development of future Christian ministers at Bethune-Cookman ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two Mississippi United Methodist Church ministers are facing the possibility of being defrocked after officiating what the church ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) — A judge says he has no jurisdiction in the debate between nine United Methodist ministers and the Board of Trustees of the Louisiana Annual Conference of the United Methodist ...

The United Methodist minister who officiated at the wedding of his gay son says he will not step down voluntarily from his post in Pennsylvania. The Rev. Frank Schaefer is currently under a 30-day ...

It could be a historic week for the United Methodist Church as clergy from across the country meet to discuss changing the rules against gay ordination and gay marriage within the church. The ...

The Rev. Gordon H. Miller was adventurous and independent, but he was always most at home with his small-town roots in Texas. He was among the first trained as a smoke jumper - those who skydive in to ...

A campus minister at George Mason University is facing possible punishment In the United Methodist Church for officiating at a same-gender wedding. Pastor Drew Ensz knew when he agreed to officiate a ...