ARUMC Lawsuit Update
August 29, 2024 Late Wednesday all parties in the Jonesboro First United Methodist Church (JFUMC) lawsuit agreed to a walk-away settlement thus ending the nearly two-year legal battle over who is the rightful owner to the property and other assets belonging to Jonesboro First United Methodist Church. In December of 2022, the church led by […]
Letter from Bishop Laura Merrill
August 29, 2024 Greetings! When I began serving as bishop for the Arkansas Conference in January of last year, I never would have guessed that I would also be assigned the bishop of the Oklahoma Conference and the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference just 20 months later. This change comes as we seek to provide episcopal […]