Alabama Supreme Court to review Dothan’s Harvest Church lawsuit as UMC disaffiliation continues

The Alabama Supreme Court has agreed to consider an ongoing legal dispute involving the Harvest Church in Dothan, Alabama.  Harvest Church, one of Dothan’s largest churches, filed a lawsuit in November of 2022 seeking a restraining order against the United Methodist Church’s Alabama-West Florida District.  The 2022 lawsuit expressed fears that the United Methodist Church would shut down its campus and evict members. Methodist Denomination leaders hoped this lawsuit would be thrown out by Houston County Circuit Judge Christopher Richardson on grounds that Harvest Church is out of compliance wit