NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The United Methodist Church may split into two denominations, one that supports same-sex marriage and the ordination of gay people as clergy, and one that doesn’t. Sixteen members ...

The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that the United Methodist Church can keep fighting for control of Southern Methodist University. In 2019, the Dallas-based school changed its governing documents, ...

DALLAS — The United Methodist Church can continue its legal fight over whether or not SMU can split from the church, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday. In the 8-1 opinion, to which one justice ...

Dallas Hall on the Southern Methodist University Campus in Dallas, Texas. (Jeffrey Beall/Wikimedia Commons) (CN) — Southern Methodist University urged the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday to throw out ...

A United Methodist official in Alabama released a statement this week responding to two court rulings against the Alabama-West Florida Conference that came down last week. “The Alabama-West Florida ...

AIKEN — One of Aiken County's oldest churches will soon be involved in a property dispute with a statewide religious organization. The South Carolina Conference of United Methodist Churches filed a ...

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