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What the Methodist split tells us about America
So, in 2022, a splinter denomination was born: the Global Methodist Church. Traditionalist congregations had seen the writing on the wall: Change was coming ... congregations split off to form ...
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Methodist Church in Butler splits in half
Nearly a year after the United Methodist Church ended years of speculation and rewrote its policies on LGBTQ+ rights, the ...
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New Butler Global Church welcomes first worshippers
A new church officially got off the ground in Butler County on Sunday, Feb. 2. Butler Global Church — part of the Global ...
An Upstate church left its Methodist denomination. Now it's being sued for the money and property.
The Methodist Church of Simpsonville thought it left the United Methodist denomination behind. A new lawsuit demands the ...
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Some worshippers switching congregations amid United Methodist split over LGBTQ issues
The Rev. Bill Farmer reached the point where he couldn’t stay in the United Methodist Church anymore — but the congregation he attended was staying. Michael Hahn always wanted to stay in the ...
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Texas Supreme Court to hear arguments later this month in SMU's bid to split from church
The highest court in Texas will hear arguments in the coming weeks on Southern Methodist University’s attempt to split from the United Methodist Church. What We Know: The Texas Supreme Court ...
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SMU Wants to Separate From the Church but Keep the ‘Methodist’
A contentious, six-year legal battle between the United Methodist Church and Southern Methodist University is coming before the Texas Supreme ... For the most part, the split brought a renewed peace ...
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SMU’s bid to split from United Methodist Church over LGBTQ+ rights heads to Texas Supreme Court
Earlier this year, the congregations that remained in the United Methodist Church after the split passed measures to remove some of its anti-LGBTQ+ policies, including the ban on LGBTQ+ clergy and ...
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Months after schism, former and current United Methodist churches pick up the pieces
Like many Methodist pastors ... “What we do here is, when people want to join up, we acknowledge them coming to the church, and we open up the door as far as giving everybody an opportunity ...
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SMU Breaks From United Methodist Church, But Can It Retain Its ‘Methodist’ Identity?
A Texas Supreme Court hearing marked the climax of a significant six-year legal battle. SMU has declared its independence ...
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Southern Methodist University urges Texas Supreme Court to let it split from church
Southern Methodist University urged the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday to throw out a lawsuit by the Methodist Church seeking to regain control of the school. SMU's board of trustees voted in 2019 ...
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SMU’s bid to split from United Methodist Church over LGBTQ+ rights heads to Texas Supreme Court
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. The Texas Supreme Court is ...