Turner then told The Dallas Morning News that the university was trying to break away from the denomination before churches began leaving. "We're trying to get this done before the church decides ...

The Texas Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in a lawsuit between the 12,000-student private university in Dallas and the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church ...

The United Methodist Church has since backed away from its hard-line stance on LGBTQ+ issues, but that didn’t end the power struggle over the private Dallas university, which now enrolls more than ...

That plan put the church out of step with the university’s nondiscrimination statement, which includes “sexual orientation and gender identity and expression.” Dr. Turner told The Dallas ...