The school sought to leave the church because of differences over gay marriage and clergy. The court did not decide whether ...

The highest court in Texas handed a significant win to United Methodist efforts to maintain strong ties with Southern ...

University leaders at TCU, SMU and UTD are stepping down this summer. During their tenures, they bolstered the region’s ...

Community members asked Dallas ISD officials to ban ICE agents from public property after photos of officers near two schools ...

In a legal win for the UMC, the Texas Supreme Court last week ruled that the church's South Central Jurisdictional Conference ...

The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that a regional body of The United Methodist Church can sue Southern Methodist University ...

UNT Dallas and the UNT Health Science Center will soon have new university leaders. System Chancellor Michael Williams named sole finalists for the positions: Warren von Eschenbach was tapped to ...

Lyle Muller is a retired, long-time Iowa journalist who is researching United Methodist history in Iowa and North Liberty. He is a delegate to the denomination’s Iowa Annual Conference.

The higher court's ruling comes as part of the church's lawsuit against SMU, which has challenged the authority UMC has over the university.

Southern Methodist University | 153,953 followers on LinkedIn. A nationally ranked private university with seven degree-granting schools, SMU is a distinguished center for teaching and research ...

Southern Methodist University voted to split from the church in 2019 following a doctrinal dispute over LGBTQ rights.