Southern Methodist University last month amended its articles of incorporation to state that the school is not controlled by the United Methodist Church's South Central Jurisdictional Conference but ...

A regional branch of the United Methodist Church filed suit against Southern Methodist University for amending its governance documents to separate itself from control by the church. According to the ...

BRIDGETON — Several United Methodist churches in South Jersey who disagree with new, progressive policies on same-sex marriages and gay clergy say the state conference is making it too difficult to ...

The interior of Perkins Chapel on the SMU campus, where the Perkins School of Theology has turned out generations of Methodist ministers. Lawrence Jenkins / Special Contributor Southern Methodist ...