Showing posts with label United Methodist Church. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United Methodist Church. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 04, 2025

Local Church's Property Held in Trust for Parent United Methodist Church

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In French Broad United Methodist Church v. Holston Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church ,  (TN App., Oct. 31, 20225), a Tennesse...
Thursday, October 30, 2025

Battle Over Congregations' Disaffiliations Dismissed on Ecclesiastical Abstention Grounds

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 In   United Methodist Rio Conference Board of Trustees v. Alice First Methodist Church ,  (TX App., Oct. 29, 2025), a Texas state appeals c...
Friday, July 12, 2024

United Methodist Church Is Not a Jural Entity That Can Be Sued Under NY Child Victims Act

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In Chestnut v. United Methodist Church ,  (NY App. Div., July 10, 2024), a New York state appellate court held that the "United Methodi...
Tuesday, June 04, 2024

Alabama Supreme Court Refuses to Order United Methodist Conference to Allow Church Disaffiliations

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In Aldersgate United Methodist Church of Montgomery v. Alabama- West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc. ,  (AL Sup. Ct....
Thursday, October 26, 2023

OK Supreme Court: Church Autonomy Doctrine Requires Dispute Over Disaffiliation to Be Dismissed

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In Oklahoma Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church v. Timmons ,  (OK Sup. Ct., Oct. 24, 2023), the Oklahoma Supreme Court held tha...
Sunday, August 27, 2023

Jewish Couple Denied Child Placement Services by United Methodist Agency Have Standing to Sue

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In Rutan-Ram v. Tennessee Department of Children's Services , (Aug. 24, 2023), a Tennessee state appellate court reversed a decision of ...
Friday, April 21, 2023

Suit By Florida Breakaway Methodist Churches Is Dismissed

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In Grace United Methodist Church Inc. v. Board of Trustees of FL Annual Conf of UMC Inc. ,  (FL Cir. Ct., April 18, 2023). a Florida state t...
Tuesday, April 11, 2023

185 Methodist Churches in Georgia Sue Parent Body Seeking Disaffiliation

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 At the end of last month, 185 Methodist congregations in Georgia filed suit in a Georgia state trial court against their parent body and it...
Sunday, June 30, 2019

EEOC Sues United Methodist's Global Ministries

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The EEOC announced Friday that it has filed a federal lawsuit against  the Atlanta-based Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church, ...
Wednesday, February 27, 2019

United Methodist Church Risks Split Over Position On LBTQ Ordination and Marriage

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HuffPost reports that the United Methodist Church will likely break apart after a close vote yesterday at its 2019 General Conference on LG...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Fellow Church Members File Ecclesiastical Complaint Against Attorney General Sessions

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CNN reports that on Monday, 640 members of the United Methodist Church filed a formal ecclesiastical complaint ( full text ) against fellow ...