Several United Methodist Churches are listed as permanently closing their doors following the annual conference meeting of the United Methodist Churches for Alabama and West Florida.However, many ...

Sardis Church in Hartford will keep its doors open despite being named by the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church as a church that will be closing.

This is a solemn moment,” said Bishop Jonathan Holston, who oversees all United Methodist churches in Alabama and the Florida ...

Local churches include The Table, Tucker's Chapel, Courtland Church, Moulton First Church, Isom's Chapel, Hollywood Church, ...

The Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church has voted to immediately close 26 churches in south Alabama and one in the Florida Panhandle.

The United Methodist Judicial Court backed up its previous ruling last year that closing a church cannot be used as a back door for allowing a congregation to leave the denomination and take its ...

Trinity United Methodist Church is seen on Friday at ... Our goal is to drive more traffic to the street,” Noonan said. The closure of the church sparks concerns about there being a hole ...

In a small frame chapel on the old John Fox homestead, Fox Chapel United Methodist Church was ... after a period of decline, the church was facing probable closure,” said the Rev. Susan Moudry ...

The Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church voted Tuesday to close 27 churches, 26 in south Alabama ...