Methodist News

Sex, sex, sex. That seemed to be the only thing United Methodists were talking about the year that the Rev.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A United Methodist church agency that ministers to men plans to end a 40-year tradition of holding national meetings in Indiana and will have its next event at a Nashville college.

The Rev. Anita Strommen is a Lutheran pastor. Her congregation is United Methodist.

Many United Methodist congregations across Western North Carolina said goodbye and hello in the past couple of weeks as they welcomed new pastors and other staff members.

Pastor Dan Benson and his wife, Karen, were busy packing as they prepared to leave their home in John Day and move into the Methodist parsonage in Banks July 2 with their three young children.

American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi married teacher-turned-general contractor Mike McCuddy on Sunday afternoon.

George Riser grew up working the land in a family of sharecroppers in Saluda and always swore he'd never do that kind of work once he was on his own.

One of the nation's largest Christian denominations is addressing the nation's financial crisis with what it hopes will be a spiritual teaching moment as well as a cost-saver. Fifty United Methodist Church bishops in the United States will roll back their salaries by 4 percent next year in what Bishop Gregory Palmer of Springfield, Ill., president ...

Camp Sumatanga has meant Bible stories and softball games for generations of Methodist families.

Kara DioGuardi is a newlywed! American Idol's newest sharp-tongued critic married general contractor Mike McCuddy in a sunny afternoon ceremony at United Methodist Church in Prospect Harbor, Maine on Sunday.

Several theories were presented about the identity of last week's "Recognize This?" photo, which has yet to be definitively recognized.

Isobel Fletcher Southgate was born on May 25, 1907, at Daytona Beach, Fla., to Faye Miller Fletcher and William Gregory Fletcher.

OSSINING - By the thousands they came in the summer heat - men in suits and women in long dresses, by boats and trolleys and horse-drawn buggies.

For the third time this year, officials at financially ailing Lambuth University in Jackson told employees that they would not be paid on time.

As a newly-ordained Methodist minister, Ray Varnado was looking for a town and country church in need of a pastor and in need of a spiritual uplifting.

A free community meal is prepared and served by members of the United Methodist Church in Rockmart from 5:30 to 7 p.m. each fourth Wednesday.

Last year, when this borough celebrated its 100th birthday, the big white church on the hill could have looked down and thought 'those youngsters sure know how to throw a party.' That's because this year the Old First United Methodist Church, which began life when that part of the community was more widely known as Mechanicville, is celebrating ...

Photo by Amy Cherry Pastor Dwayne Burfield has been instrumental in leading the United Methodist Church congregation in numerous projects during his four years of service to the St.

N.C. Methodist Conference Bishop Al Gwinn spoke Sunday to a standing-room only crowd of people at Oleander United Methodist Church in a small sanctuary off Oleander Drive.

Hundreds of Methodists from across the country will descend on Wolverhampton this week for the religion's annual conference.