Southern Methodist University, or SMU, was brought to court over its plan to drop its affiliation with the Methodist Church.

A part of Turlock’s history will be celebrated today when the Assyrian Evangelical Church of Turlock recognizes its 100th ...

The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments to decide if SMU's Board of Trustees can alter the university's articles of incorporation with approval from the United Methodist Church. The church sued ...

In 2019, the private university abruptly changed its articles of incorporation and named its own board as its “ultimate authority.” That displaced a regional governing body of the church that ...

The university filed its new articles of incorporation with the Texas secretary of state “without the Conference’s knowledge, authorization or approval,” rather than notifying the church it wanted to ...

In 2019, SMU leadership changed its articles of incorporation and declared that its board of trustees was the “ultimate authority” over the university, not the United Methodist Church.

Soon after, SMU updated its founding documents and made clear their own intention to separate from the church. It changed articles of incorporation to assert its board of trustees had ultimate ...