It would be easier to say I teach church history. Not accurate, but easier. I did have the honor of teaching American history for five years at Fairmont State University; since then, I’ve been an ...

Over the past decade, I’ve been asked if I have anything to say about the challenges facing the United Methodist Church, both asking me personally and also hoping I might offer some thoughts in this ...

As we were leaving the convention center in Charlotte after a long day of legislative meetings, a friend and prominent leader within our denomination whispered to me something he didn’t want overheard ...

The Rev. Scott Campbell is the pastor of the Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church. He is the denominational counselor to United Methodist students at Harvard Divinity School, where he also offers ...

No one knows whether John Wesley might have envisioned the current wave of 84 Oklahoma church disaffiliations occurring in a Methodist denomination, but the theologian's philosophy regarding church ...

In April 2016, Charlotte First United Methodist Church made national headlines for the marriage of two men — an action forbidden by United Methodist polity and the first such marriage in the church in ...