The Trinity United Methodist Church’s Sunday service will be held at 11 a.m. on June 22. Leaders are also collecting video messages to put together a final farewell video.

The Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas. The school, which was founded by Methodists more than a century ago, is trying to extricate itself from the United Methodist Church.

News Judges rule against United Methodist request to dismiss breakaway church lawsuits Updated: May. 04, 2025, 1:57 p.m. | Published: May. 04, 2025, 1:56 p.m.

The Texas Supreme Court ruled June 27, 2025, that the United Methodist Church can sue Southern Methodist University to enforce more control over the school, which the church founded in 1911.