Meanwhile, Rev. Dr. Valerie Rosenquist - senior pastor at First United Methodist Church in Uptown Charlotte - said they plan to remain with the UMC as the split would mean the denomination would ...

In 2024, the United Methodist Church will hold its next worldwide general conference in uptown Charlotte. The Book of Discipline’s language on sexuality is likely to be on the agenda.

Methodists were welcomed into First United Methodist Church in Charlotte on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, following the denomination's vote to repeal its bans on same-sex marriage and openly gay clergy.

Mark Hipps-Figgs offers a prayer request during a service of Elizabeth Street United Methodist Church on Sunday, July 31, 2022, in Durham, N.C. Mark and Maxie Hipps-Figgs were the first gay couple ...

The General Conference of the United Methodist Church in Charlotte is the first one that Robin Dease is attending as a bishop. And it’s likely the last one that retired Bishop Sharon Zimmerman ...

The Methodist Church has broken in two over issues involving the LGBTQ community, and that debate will be significant when Methodists gather in Charlotte next week for its general conference.