The dispute, which some critics say tests the church’s autonomy, reached the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday for arguments. By Ruth Graham The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in ...
The Texas Supreme Court ruled June 27, 2025, that the United Methodist Church can sue Southern Methodist University to enforce more control over the school, which the church founded in 1911. The ...
Dallas Hall on the Southern Methodist University Campus in Dallas, Texas. (Jeffrey Beall/Wikimedia Commons) (CN) — The Texas Supreme Court gave the Methodist Church a green light Friday to sue to ...
Despite the UMC's efforts to defuse tensions, it had already lost more than 7,000 churches, about a quarter of its total congregation nationwide since the initial vote. Bering Church in Houston is ...
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