Twenty years after getting kicked out of the United Methodist Church (UMC) for being gay, a pastor was finally reinstated. Beth Stroud, a 54-year-old lesbian, was defrocked from her role as a United ...

Beth Stroud was defrocked in 2004, but less than three weeks after the United Methodist Church repealed its anti-LGBTQ bans, she has been reinstated as pastor. Beth Stroud sheds a tear pondering what ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For many, the schism that has wracked the United Methodist Church seemed inevitable, though it was an outcome few wanted. The ...

Twenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked from her beloved job as a United Methodist pastor in Philadelphia. In a church trial, she was found guilty of violating “Christian teaching” because she had ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A Methodist pastor from Philadelphia, who was defrocked 20 years ago for being in a same-sex relationship, has been reinstated. Beth Stroud made headlines when she was ousted in ...

The pastor of the largest United Methodist Church in the U.S. has launched a campaign for the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas. The Rev.

The number of clergy making between $70,000 and $100,000 is 52 men and 23 females. That’s 46 percent of males and 42.6 ...

The Rev. Adam Hamilton, pastor of the largest United Methodist church in the country, has announced he’s running for the U.S. Senate seat in Kansas. If he were elected, that would be two sitting ...

There has been a seismic shift within the United Methodist Church after it voted to lift bans on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriages. The move led some 7,600 conservative Methodist congregations, ...

Bishop Jonathan Holston, who oversees United Methodist churches in Alabama, released clergy assignments on Saturday as the ...

Methodist pastor in Rochester announces transgender transition during Sunday service, revealing plans to identify as Phillippa and use she/her pronouns.