Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Debates over LGBTQ+ issues have divided Methodist congregations for years leading up to the current schism. AP Photo/Charlie ...

Religion and the problem of slavery in antebellum America / John R. McKivigan and Mitchell Snay -- Of stations and relations: proslavery Christianity in early national Virginia / Douglas Ambrose -- ...

(RNS) — Religious leaders are among those objecting to the National Park Service’s removal of a historic exhibit about slavery located steps away from Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell and that featured ...

(The Conversation) — The United Methodist Church will hold its General Conference, delayed several years by the pandemic, in April 2024. The meeting comes amid a dramatic divide over LGBTQ+ rights.

(RNS) — One of the removed panels featured images of Richard Allen and Absalom Jones. Both born as enslaved persons, they were instrumental in starting their churches. (RNS) — Religious leaders are ...