More than 180 Georgia churches this week banded together to sue the United Methodist Church to force a disaffiliation with the North Georgia Conference. The churches on Thursday filed a lawsuit in ...

Nearly 200 United Methodist churches in Georgia have filed a lawsuit asking a judge to force the United Methodist Church to allow them to leave in a splintering of the denomination over issues of ...

ATHENS, Ga. — The North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church voted to allow 261 congregations to break from the denomination amid a schism over theological differences and the role of ...

The historic white-columned building on Jackson Street in Thomson, Ga. has at times been a fine dining restaurant and a senior living facility. Today though, the 50 or so people gathered in the ...

A Georgia congregation said Thursday that it has finalized its split from the United Methodist Church after the denomination's divisive vote last year to strengthen bans on same-sex marriage and ...