For Andi Woodworth, a transgender woman serving as pastor of the Neighborhood Church in Atlanta, GA, her call to ministry and ...

The changes immediately open new doors for LGBTQ members — but over a quarter of U.S. congregations have already left the UMC ...

United Methodist Church to take on most high-profile and likely contentious legislative business as Charlotte policymaking ...

Karen Oliveto was called to the ministry at the age of 11, and yet, instead of feeling she’d made a life-affirming decision, for more than 40 years, Oliveto says a sense of dread has lurked just ...

"Every four years there's a shift in the church, but right now it feels like tectonic plates shift, huge, and it's very exciting," said Bishop Karen Oliveto, who oversees UMC's Mountain Sky ...

Sometimes, as I prepare to write this column by gathering news from all over, themes will emerge. In our last issue, it was ...

Bishop Karen Oliveto, the first openly lesbian bishop in the United Methodist Church, was among those celebrating. “It seemed like such a simple vote, but it carried so much weight and power ...

The Rev. Karen Oliveto became the first openly LGBTQ bishop in the denomination in 2016. “As I bring my full self into spaces, it invites others, no matter who they are, to be more authentic ...

July 1, 2015 The Episcopal Church permits any couple the rite of matrimony. July 16, 2016 Karen Oliveto becomes the United ...

“It seemed like such a simple vote, but it carried so much weight and power, as 50 years of restricting the Holy Spirit’s call on people’s lives has been lifted,” said Bishop Karen Oliveto ...

In 2016, more than 100 United Methodist clergy came out as LGBTQ+ in a joint letter and then Colorado Bishop Rev. Karen Oliveto became the first (of eventually two) openly gay United Methodist bishop.