Earlier this year, the congregations that remained in the United Methodist Church after the split passed measures to remove some of its anti-LGBTQ+ policies, including the ban on LGBTQ+ clergy and ...

Nearly a year after the United Methodist Church ended years of speculation and rewrote its policies on LGBTQ+ rights, the ...

as well as the creation of a more conservative Global Methodist Church branch in mid-2022, accelerated the momentum of congregations voting to disaffiliate this year across the United Methodist ...

A Texas Supreme Court hearing marked the climax of a significant six-year legal battle. SMU has declared its independence ...

after the Methodist Church Conference Office, the MCK governing arm, suspended him through a letter dated January 6, 2022. In the letter seen by The Standard and signed by Administrative Bishop ...

SMU's board of trustees voted in 2019 to amend the university's articles of incorporation to declare that the board is the "ultimate authority" over SMU, not the United Methodist Church. This move ...

A multi-year fight over whether Southern Methodist University can separate itself from the United Methodist Church is heading to Texas’ highest court this month. The Texas Supreme Court is ...