In the US, North Carolina judge dismisses lawsuit by 36 United Methodist churches
United StatesRNS A North Carolina Superior Court judge dismissed a lawsuit filed last year by 36 United Methodist churches demanding to sever their ties to the denomination. Superior Court Judge Richard L Doughton issued an oral ruling on Monday dismissing the suit brought against the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, its […]
In the US, 31 United Methodist churches in North Carolina demand immediate exit from denomination, threaten lawsuit
Updated: 11:45pm, 20th August, 2022 (AEST)United StatesRNS Thirty-one United Methodist churches in western North Carolina in the US are demanding they be allowed to leave the United Methodist Church and have hired a Florida legal firm to push their claim forward. The National Center for Life and Liberty sent a letter to Bishop Ken Carter, […]
More than 100 Florida churches file lawsuit to leave United Methodist Church
United StatesRNS More than 100 churches are suing the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church to immediately disaffiliate from the denomination. The lawsuit comes amid a slow-moving schism in the United Methodist Church largely over the ordination and marriage of its LGBTQ members. And, according to the head of a new, theologically conservative […]