WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The congregation of the 5th Ave United Methodist Church has now filed a lawsuit against the North Carolina United Methodist Conference, which closed the church back in March.

A liturgical union irrevocably broken ends in divorce on Saturday when almost 200 United Methodist churches across western North Carolina are expected to leave the denomination. The “disaffiliations” ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Members of the conferences approved a vote that allowed each individual congregation to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church this weekend. The preliminary results released ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The North Carolina Court of Appeals has published the full court opinion on a case involving Fifth Avenue United Methodist Church of Wilmington. The church took legal action ...

(RNS) — After a judge dismissed their lawsuit, the 36 churches in the Western North Carolina Conference agreed to leave under the denomination's exit plan. They will formally exit in November. (RNS) — ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (WGHP) – Nearly six dozen ...

The United Methodist Church losing a quarter of its churches in five years is just the start. The organization's budget is shrinking, too, as the denomination grapples with the exit of more than 7,600 ...