A roll out of the Government's flagship benefit programme has been described as a "slow car crash" by the Methodist Church, amid a damning report by the spendin The National Audit Office (NAO) said t...
The Methodist Church in Britain has been implementing vital safeguarding measures proposed by a report which found nearly 2000 cases of abuse within it since th The Methodist Council, which undertake...
The Methodist Church has appointed a new Director of Evangelism and Growth as it seeks to stem a decline in congregations. Trey Hall began putting a team together after he started work last summer. T...
A group of churches and charities have criticised the Department for Work and Pensions over the way the benefit sanctions system is run. They say people can have their money stopped, known as sanctio...
The Methodist Church have welcomed the backing of the Church of England's assembly to take further steps to unite the two churches in the UK, through the interc Members of the General Synod voted to ...
A university chaplain has become the first transgender minister to be ordained by the Methodist Church. Joy Everingham, 46, who serves at St Peter's in Canterbury, spent decades secretly wearing wome...
The Methodist Church has called on political candidates to conduct themselves with "civility", ahead of the Northern Ireland Assembly elections. The statement, released by the Council on Social Respo...
The Methodist church will celebrate 40 years of women's ordination tomorrow. Females could be deacons from 1890 but not presbyters until 1974 and three of the first ones to be ordained will be at t...
The Methodist Conference has passed a motion saying they want same-sex marriage plans to be taken further. The Conference voted 247 to 48 in favour of allowing, in theory, same-sex weddings to take p...
A new report by the Methodist Church and the Church of England, called Mission and Ministry in Covenant outlines proposals for working together more, such as sh The report was positively received by ...
A meeting of the governing body of the Methodist Church in Britain gets underway at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham on Thursday. A policy to help safeguard children and vulnerable ...
Revd Steve Wild is to be inducted as the new President of the Methodist Conference. The current chairman of the Cornwall District will take on the role for 12 months. He's served in circuit ministry ...
The Methodist Conference has voted in favour of the Church reassessing its position on same-sex marriage. Its current definition says marriage is "intended to be a permanent relationship between a ma...
Rev Gareth Powell has been nominated to serve as the secretary of the Methodist Conference from next September. He has been appointed to one of the most senior roles in the Church alongside the presi...
Evangelicals in the Methodist church are calling for prayer to prevent the definition of marriage changing in the denomination. The Methodist Church in Britain is at a crossroads as it debates its ...
A group of evangelicals in the Methodist Church is calling on leaders to uphold the biblical understanding of marriage. Methodist Evangelicals Together (MET) has issued a response after the Church an...
A Methodist campaign group is calling for a boycott of Cadbury after reports suggested its owners Mondelez UK had paid no corporation tax in the UK in 2014/15. The Methodist Tax Justice Network(MTJN)...
An investment firm, owned by the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church, is understood to have written to retailer Ted Baker to raise concerns following Ray Kelvin, who founded the brand in 1...
The leaders of the Methodist Conference have invited Christians to share in its Easter reflection. The church has been exploring the events of the first Easter through the perspective of different ch...
A Methodist minister from North Yorkshire tried to use hypnosis to indecently assault four boys in his congregations, Teesside Crown Court has heard. Retired church leader John Price from Bedale was ...
