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.

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) — ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 NC Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the congregation of Fifth Avenue United Methodist Church, which was closed last year by the North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church. The ...

After their lawsuit was dismissed earlier this year, the group of 36 congregations will disaffiliate in November according to the UMC’s exit plan. A group of 36 United Methodist churches in North ...

Congregations that remained with the United Methodist Church (UMC) in North Carolina during a 2019 schism over gay marriage and ordaining LGBTQ+ clergy are more politically and theologically diverse ...

See Fifth Avenue Methodist Church in downtown Wilmington After church members were to have a vote on leaving the United Methodist Church, the congregation and the UMC are in a legal battle over the ...