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

The Texas high court issued a mostly unanimous opinion June 27 upholding the regional unit’s right to governance over SMU.

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

A branch of the United Methodist Church sued the university after it amended its articles of incorporation without the ...

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

United Methodist churches are organized into districts, conferences and five jurisdictions. Bishops are assigned to lead one or more conferences.

Dre Broussard, who killed a newspaper reporter to prevent him from running a story, was released from prison after serving 17 ...

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

Politics / The GOP chose to betray both morality and economic common sense by approving Trump’s one big, ugly bill. John ...

From activists praying on the frontlines to pastors on the pulpit, many say the immigrant-heavy faith community is in need of hope — and churches are meant to be that refuge.

The emancipation took place on June 19, 1865, two-and-a-half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation ...