DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - The Decatur Fire Department was called out for a fire at First United Methodist Church Thursday night. When crews arrived in the 200 block of W. North St. at 10:40 p.m. to find ...

In the early hours of March 15, a microburst ripped open a portion of the 100-year-old sanctuary roof at First United Methodist Church in downtown Elgin. “The miracle is that despite significant storm ...

Bishop Karen Oliveto sees her consecration in 2016 as a breaking point for some of the thousands of people who have made the once unthinkable decision to leave the United Methodist Church. Oliveto is ...

Reconstruction of First United Methodist Church’s main sanctuary won’t be ready for Easter services, but the Elgin congregation has raised nearly all of the $6 million needed to replace the roof, put ...