However, Harvest attorneys view the dispute differently. “If this was 1880 or even 1920, it would not be worth hearing my argument,” Ryan K. French countered.

Harvest argues that it is autonomous, but fears without a favorable court ruling, Methodists could swoop in and shut down the church, evict its members, and sell property.

The church declined to say how much money the relief fund has raised, but said in a Wednesday, Aug. 16, statement released by spokesperson Ashton Compton that Harvest has “seen a tremendous ...

The church declined to say how much money the relief fund has raised, but said in a Wednesday, Aug. 16, statement released by spokesperson Ashton Compton that Harvest has “seen a tremendous ...

Harvest Church, which first opened in September 2000, has an attendance these days at the Heights campus of a little over 2,000 people. Like other evangelical churches in the United States, it has ...