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A major United Methodist church in Texas will soon vote on leaving the denomination after leaders of Highland Park Methodist Church said the time for a split has come. The Church Council said a lawsuit from the Horizon Texas Conference…
Leaders of one of the largest and most prominent congregations in the United Methodist Church (UMC) have called for a churchwide vote on severing all ties with the mainline denomination. On Tuesday, the Dallas-area Highland Park United Methodist Church (HPUMC)…
Highland Park United Methodist Church’s church council has called for a congregational vote on whether or not the church should “sever all of its ties, affiliations, and connections to The United Methodist Church.” The move comes after the Horizon Texas…
NewsMark Wingfield | October 16, 2026 Leaders of Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas have called for a rapid vote on whether to leave The United Methodist Church. That vote will take place on Sunday, Oct. 25 — just two weeks after a town…
GMC announced last week that it was ending its relationship with United Theological Seminary (UTS), a Dayton-based institution that had been an approved school for the denomination since 2024. In emailed comments to The Christian Post on Tuesday, a GMC spokesperson…
What began as a heated legal battle between one of Texas’ largest megachurches and the United Methodist Church could now end in a historic denominational departure. Highland Park United Methodist Church, a Dallas congregation with more than 15,000 members, is considering…
A Texas megachurch will consider leaving the United Methodist Church amid an ongoing legal battle over changes it made to its governing documents. Highland Park United Methodist Church (HPUMC) in Dallas held a town hall meeting Sunday to discuss the…
The Global Methodist Church has dropped United Theological Seminary from its approved clergy training schools, citing doctrinal differences as divisions within Methodism continue reshaping pastoral education. The Dayton, Ohio, institution had been approved by the denomination since 2024. A GMC spokesperson…
The leadership of Highland Park United Methodist Church, which faces a civil lawsuit over its governing documents, floated the possibility of a vote on whether it should remain part of the United Methodist Church during an Oct. 11 Town Hall meeting.
People make their way to the entrance at Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, on Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News) Highland Park United Methodist Church leadership has asked its congregation to consider the possibility of leaving…