Dec. 22—Editor's note: The MDJ counts down the Top 10 local stories of 2021 as determined by newsroom staff. Today's installment is No. 8. The future of one of Cobb's most prominent churches is ...

Jul. 14—The leadership of the United Methodist Church's North Georgia Conference said this week it would be moving to seize the assets of Mt. Bethel UMC in east Cobb. Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson, and ...

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Leaders of one of the largest churches in Cobb County now say they will seek to break away from the United Methodist Church over the way they say the church tried to reassign their ...

Jul. 3—Steven Usry, selected this spring to take the reins at Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church in east Cobb, has penned a letter criticizing its leaders and vowing that he will "not be deterred" by ...

Donna Lachance has been a member of Mt. Bethel UMC in east Cobb for 15 years. The retired corporate executive found the church, which is minutes from her home, to “be a loving family, despite its huge ...

A communitywide prayer service for troubled Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church will be held Sunday virtually and in person at the east Cobb church. The church has been the center of a battle with ...

Jun. 18—EAST COBB — More than 100 members and ex-members of Mt. Bethel Church gathered this week to ask questions of Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson, the leader of the North Georgia Conference of the UMC, ...

ROHRERSVILLE — Two centuries ago, a handful of the faithful gathered on a southern Washington County farmstead to worship. From those humble beginnings, the Bethel United Methodist Church in ...