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Alabama Supreme Court sides with megachurch over UMC conference

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By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Saturday, April 13, 2024 The Supreme Court of Alabama in Montgomery, Alabama. | Wikimedia Commons/Michael Barera https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montgomery_December_2018_39_(Supreme_Court_of_Alabama).jpg The Alabama Supreme Court has rejected a request from a United Methodist Church conference to kill a lawsuit filed by a megachurch trying to secure the rights to its church property as … Read more

UMC’s proposed budget will be the smallest in 40 years

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By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Wednesday, February 28, 2024 View of the stage during the United Methodist Church’s special session General Conference inside the Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, Missouri, on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019. | United Methodist News Service/Kathleen Barry The United Methodist Church may soon approve the lowest budget for … Read more

Chinese chip maker cleared of spying charges in US criminal trade secrets case

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Chesney concluded that US prosecutors failed to prove that the Chinese state-sponsored company misappropriated proprietary data from Micron Technology Inc., American’s largest memory-chip maker, that allegedly passed through Taiwan’s United Microelectronics Corp. in a manufacturing deal with Fujian Jinhua. 02:05 China imposes restrictions on US chip maker Micron, escalating tech war China imposes restrictions on … Read more

This week in Christian history: Evangelist Dwight Moody dies

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By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Sunday, December 17, 2023 An illustration depicting a boys’ Sunday School class in 19th century Chicago, Illinois, that was overseen by Dwight Moody and J.V. Farwell. | Public Domain Throughout the extensive history of the Church, there have been numerous events of lasting significance. Each week brings anniversaries of … Read more