The battle between Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas and its regional governing body in The United Methodist Church may boil down to whether large and small churches in the denomination can continue to operate by the same governing…
Lawsuit asks, ‘What does it take to be a good United Methodist church?’
Leaders of Highland Park Methodist Church have spent the last week expressing shock that the bishop of their United Methodist conference filed suit against them over changes made to their governing documents four years ago but only recently made public….
UMC sues Dallas church for making unilateral governance changes
One of the nation’s largest and most affluent Methodist churches is being sued by its denomination for previously unreported changes made to its governing documents four years ago. The Horizon Texas Conference — previously known as the North Texas Conference…
UMC faces turbulence after removing LGBTQ bans
Barely a month after a historic meeting that removed half a century of official discrimination against LGBTQ Christians, The United Methodist Church faces new turbulence as homosexuality foes opt out of the worldwide denomination. General Conference delegates voted in late…