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

Southern Methodist University, or SMU, was brought to court over its plan to drop its affiliation with the Methodist Church.

Editor of United Methodist Insight says the lawsuit involving SMU and the United Methodist Church is the latest in a ...

Southern Methodist University in Dallas tried to declare its independence after the church voted to ban gay weddings and clergy in 2019.

and assurance of Methodist representation on the Board of Trustees, the Church will continue to have important influence in the governance of SMU," Turner wrote. "Nothing changes in SMU's day-to ...

But the United Methodist Church and its advocates are adamant that SMU went about asserting its independence in the wrong way. Will Haun, senior counsel for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a ...

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 2019 over ...

Southern Methodist University and United Methodist Church have been ... The argument came as part of the church’s lawsuit against SMU, which has challenged the authority the UMC has over the ...