Bishop Removes Highland Park United Methodist Church Leaders, Appoints New Pastor After Church Announces Disaffiliation

Bishop removes Highland Park United Methodist Church leaders, appoints new pastor after church announces disaffiliation

The exit comes after a legal battle between the church and the Horizon Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church.

In Dallas, Methodist bishop creates a church in exile

The public statement said Tuggle and his predecessor, Paul Rasmussen, have been appointed by the bishop elsewhere but did not say where.

UMC Bishop Removes Ministers From Dallas' Highland Park; Church Says They Will Stay

In yet another escalation, the bishop said he was removing the Rev. Matt Tuggle, senior minister, and the Rev. Paul Rasmussen, former senior minister, ‘from all positions’ at the church. The post UMC Bishop Removes Ministers From Dallas’ Highland Park; Church Says They Will Stay appeared first on Word&Way.

UMC bishop removes ministers from Dallas’ Highland Park; church says they will stay

The bishop overseeing Dallas’ Highland Park United Methodist Church removed the current and former senior ministers of the congregation on Thursday (Oct. 29) and provided a new pastor to lead worship at a different location, in yet another escalation in the fight between the denomination and the church. Bishop Ruben Saenz Jr., responding to the […]