The highest court in Texas handed a significant win to United Methodist efforts to maintain strong ties with Southern Methodist University. In a mostly unanimous opinion released June 27, the Texas ...

The dispute, which some critics say tests the church’s autonomy, reached the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday for arguments. By Ruth Graham The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in ...

A contentious, six-year legal battle between the United Methodist Church and Southern Methodist University is coming before the Texas Supreme Court today. The controversy centers around who maintains ...

DALLAS — The Texas Supreme Court Wednesday heard a case that could determine whether or not SMU can sever ties with the United Methodist Church. The case stems from a lawsuit the United Methodist ...

Nearly 100 university presidents are urging the United Methodist Church to be more inclusive of gay and transgender people, issuing a joint statement in the weeks before church leaders plan to meet to ...

Robert J. Chaffin, 93, left the money to the university when he died in May, according to a statement released by the school. Chaffin was a member of Camp Ground United Methodist Church and served on ...

The President of the Republic, H. E. Dr. George Manneh Weah, has once again accentuated the importance of education in nation-building and implored young Liberians to aspire for excellence in order to ...

Southern Methodist University and the United Methodist Church announced in a joint statement they have resolved their years-long legal dispute. Southern Methodist University and the regional ...

WASHINGTON — Nearly 100 presidents of universities affiliated with the United Methodist Church are urging it to be more inclusive of gay and transgender people, issuing a joint statement in the weeks ...