Attorneys for UMC wanted the lawsuit tossed out, claiming that the dispute was ecclesiastical and must be settled among themselves.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The Alabama Supreme Court will not dismiss a lawsuit between Harvest Church in Dothan and the United Methodist Church.
The suit filed by Harvest states that it feared the UMC would confiscate its property. The matter first went before Houston County Circuit Judge Christopher Richardson.
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