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

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 regional branch of the United Methodist Church with jurisdiction over Southern Methodist University can sue SMU for ...

Southern Methodist University is a large, private research institution located in Dallas’s suburb of University Park. SMU is home to around 12,000 students and offers more than 90 undergraduate ...

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

news Education. SMU President R. Gerald Turner announces he’ll take a new role after 30 years Turner is credited with growing Southern Methodist University’s endowment, landing the George W ...

The Texas Supreme Court handed Southern Methodist University a setback in its bid to separate itself from the United Methodist Church over a dispute on the issue of same-sex marriage.

(RNS) — Southern Methodist University is being sued over a recent move to sever control of the school from the United Methodist Church. The move is part of the latest fallout over the global ...

According to the lawsuit, SMU’s actions last month violated the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Southern Methodist University, which were filed June 27, 1996.

The Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas. The school, which was founded by Methodists more than a century ago, is trying to extricate itself from the United Methodist Church.