Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Mark Hipps-Figgs offers a prayer request during a service of Elizabeth Street United ...

Editor’s Note: This is one of three stories on a split in the United Methodist Church (UMC) as some congregations have elected to “disaffiliate” due to conflicts — including an ongoing debate over ...

A few months ago, the Opinion columnist David French and his family were canceled by their former church. In response, French wrote about the painful experience of being abandoned by his faith ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Editor’s note: This writer’s op-ed was prompted by “Un-United Methodists: Church ...

Editor’s note: This writer’s op-ed was prompted by “Un-United Methodists: Church splinters between its conservative and gay-affirming sides,” a series of articles published Sept. 2 in The Charlotte ...