Whereas United Methodists in some parts of Africa are leaving the denomination following a costly splintering, Zimbabweans' zeal is resolute.

RUWA, ZIMBABWE — Before 637 delegates began a three-day legislative gathering to decide on critical legislation for the future of the United Methodist Church, they sat for fellowship under a large ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. HARARE, ZIMBABWE — A discordant backdrop of pedestrians, buses and street vendors in downtown Harare encircled Innercity Circuit Harare ...

with splintering in the United Methodist Church, fueled in part by disagreements about LGBTQ+ rights, and a landmark restructuring, African leaders have pushed for restoration of normalcy.

United Methodist Church recently ratified landmark restructuring giving regions outside U.S. more say. Many call it the "decolonizing" of the denomination after costly splintering. The Tennessean, ...

The Central United Methodist Church in Johannesburg, which has been home for thousands of refugees, many from Zimbabwe, is shutting its doors to refugees, on New Year’s eve, leaving an estimated 500 ...

Malaria research center housed at Africa University, a United Methodist-affiliated institution in Mutare, Zimbabwe, received a stop work order in March with Trump administration closing USAID. New ...

The streets of Harare in late October were covered with motorists driving the massively popular Toyota HiLux, bright purple flowers blossoming from jacaranda trees and billboards advertising the ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Leaders of the United Methodist Church expressed regret over last week's decision by the branch in Ivory Coast to leave the union following the church's decision to repeal a ...

RUWA, ZIMBABWE — United Methodist clergy and laity excitedly greeted Zimbabwe bishop Rev. Gift T. Machinga, welcoming him and his vision for the Southern African nation. Machinga, elected in March, is ...

“The United Methodist Church is not going to die here,” Mwadiwa said. The splintering in the denomination is just the latest obstacle for United Methodism in Zimbabwe, and that it’s working to ...