The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Some Iowa pastors leaving the United Methodist ... That's not the point." At Lenox United Methodist Church, the Rev. Lauri Greenlee said issues on the inclusion of LGBTQ members were not the ...

AT SIX. WE TOLD YOU ABOUT NEARLY FIVE DOZEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCHES IN IOWA, LEAVING THE DENOMINATION BECAUSE OF A DISAGREEMENT OVER LGBTQ MEMBERS IN THE CHURCH. KCCI ORIGINALLY REPORTED THE ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Iowa Capitol Bureau) - 59 additional Iowa churches are leaving the United Methodist Church. In 2019, the General Conference of the United Methodist Church reaffirmed its ban ...

During a special online session Tuesday hosted by conference leaders, 83 churches in Iowa including Marion Methodist agreed to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church — one of the largest ...

Ten percent of Iowa’s Methodist congregations are leaving the church. The denomination is wrestling over the future of LGBTQ members and whether they can be clergy. The Reverend Anna Blaedel ...

Dozens of Iowa churches are ending their affiliation with the United Methodist Church after a rift developed over Biblical teachings. During a conference last month, the leaders of more than 80 ...

The Iowa Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church approved a new vision last year that allows Methodist ministers to host same-sex weddings and makes way for gay clergy to serve without ...

Eighty-three churches were approved to part ways with the United Methodist Church this spring. Another 59 churches were approved Nov. 18. The list represents 19% of the churches in Iowa's conference.