Methodist Church suit against SMU reaches Texas Supreme Court
Jan 15, 2025 · A lawsuit against Southern Methodist University makes its way to the Texas Supreme Court today. Brian Harkin/Stringer/Getty Images News Since the lawsuit started, a traditionalist offshoot, called the Global Methodist Church, broke away from the denomination to form its own as more conservative congregations grew leery the church would reverse ...
SMU challenges authority of Methodist Church in Texas Supreme …
Jan 16, 2025 · In a bid to sever ties with the United Methodist Church, Southern Methodist University told Texas Supreme Court justices Wednesday the school is an independent entity and controlled solely by its ...
Texas Supreme Court hears SMU v. United Methodist Church case - wfaa.com
Jan 16, 2025 · The case stems from a lawsuit the United Methodist Church’s South Central Jurisdictional Conference, which runs the church’s congregations in eight states including Texas, filed against SMU ...
High court hears case over church control of SMU | UMNews.org
Jan 17, 2025 · The dispute between Southern Methodist University and a United Methodist jurisdiction has reached the highest court in Texas. The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments Jan. 15 in the South Central Jurisdictional Conference’s nearly six-year legal battle to retain some governance of the Dallas university with Methodist in its name.. At issue in the case is whether Texas law allows SMU’s ...
'They shut the door on us': Texas Supreme Court hears arguments in SMU ...
Jan 15, 2025 · The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments to decide if SMU's Board of Trustees can alter the university's articles of incorporation with approval from the United Methodist Church.
Texas high court hears arguments in SMU-Methodist church case
Jan 16, 2025 · The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that could determine whether the United Methodist Church controls Southern Methodist University. SMU changed its governing language in ...
SMU’s bid to split from United Methodist ... - Longview News …
Jan 5, 2025 · 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.
Dispute between SMU and UMC body headed to Texas Supreme …
Jan 7, 2025 · A five-year-old dispute between Southern Methodist University in Dallas and a multi-state United Methodist Church body over the university’s ownership and governance will come before the Texas Supreme Court for oral arguments Jan. 15.
SMU’s bid to split from church goes to Texas Supreme Court | The Texas …
Jan 2, 2025 · 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.
SMU’s bid to split from United Methodist Church over LGBTQ
Jan 3, 2025 · 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.