Category: Church Property Disputes/Denominational Splits

The Missouri Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church reached a financial and property settlement with the former Hobbs Chapel United Methodist Church, now known

This is the seventh blog in a series of discussions of informing local Methodist Churches how other churches have been able to leave The United

In the first blog of this series, I outlined the Supreme Court guidelines as to how religious property disputes are to be evaluated under state

In the first blog of this series, I outlined the Supreme Court guidelines as to how religious property disputes are to be evaluated under state

In this first blog of this series, I outlined the Supreme Court guidelines as to how religious property disputes are to be evaluated under state

In the first blog, I discussed Supreme Court precedent addressing religious property disputes and how they are handled. The second blog addressed Methodist governance.  And

In the last blog, I reviewed Supreme Court precedent on religious property disputes. As noted in that blog, the decision of a Court will rest

The history of religious growth in the United States can be traced in no small part to the frequency of schism within religious organizations, which