With the spin of a washer and the heart of a mission, First United Methodist Church is changing lives one load at a time.

As the Methodist church's foreign congregations continue to grow, membership in the United States plummeted to 7.3 million in 2014 - down about 500,000 from 2009.

SHREVEPORT, La. - One of Louisiana’s largest Methodist churches has voted to leave the United Methodist denomination. First United Methodist Church in Shreveport joins close to 90 other churches ...

Roughly 70 Arkansas congregations that left the United Methodist Church have joined the Global Methodist Church, a ...

The Rev. Sarah Heath took over July 1 as lead pastor at First United Methodist Church in Costa Mesa, a downtown institution with roots in the city dating to 1912.

Sunday was a day of lasts at First United Methodist Church of Fort Myers — last communion, last collection, last sermon and last service. The 144-year-old congregation, which pre-dates Fort ...

At Leechburg First United Methodist Church, the Rev. Sara Wrona and the church’s 13-member council are considering formally opening their doors to United Methodists looking for a new church home.

First United Methodist Church has a history of being an ally for the community, from being anti-segregation during antebellum America and all the way up to the 1920s, to being a strategic point in ...