A worldwide vote in the United Methodist Church has occurred throughout 2025 on a plan to restructure the denomination, with denomination leadership expected to announce final results soon. The plan ...

MUREWA, ZIMBABWE — The joyous screams and claps of hundreds of high school students boomed outside the sanctuary at Murewa Centre Mission of the United Methodist Church. It was even louder inside the ...

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

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. HARARE, ZIMBABWE — The streets of Harare in late October were covered with motorists driving the massively popular Toyota HiLux, bright ...

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, ...

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 ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. MUTARE, ZIMBABWE — The expecting mothers ushered their roommate Tinashe Mawondo to the hospital at Old Mutare Mission center, mere ...