Seventy-four congregations in Florida have left the United Methodist Church over the denomination’s longstanding debate over its stance on homosexuality. In a virtual special session Saturday morning, the UMC Florida Conference approved the disaffiliation votes...
The tendency of women who have had an abortion to experience depression following the procedure is “widespread globally,” a recently published study suggests. BMC Psychiatry, an open access, peer-reviewed journal, published a study late last month by a...
A Texas man was sentenced to 10 years in prison plus three years of supervised release on Wednesday for attempting to burn down a synagogue in an anti-Semitic attack. Franklin Sechriest, a 19-year-old resident of San Marcos, pleaded guilty to arson and hate crimes...
A high school football coach in Georgia has been fired after he oversaw an event on public school property last month in which a pastor baptized 20 members of the team. Tattnall County High School Coach Isaac Ferrell was dismissed as the team’s coach, with...
An Alabama megachurch that has nearly 5,000 members has left the United Methodist Church due to the mainline Protestant denomination’s ongoing debate over homosexuality. Christ Methodist Church in Mobile, which reportedly has 4,936 members, was one of eight churches...