Hearing set for Tuesday in suit over assets of breakaway Jonesboro United Methodist Church

March 11, 2023 at 3:56 a.m.

by Frank E. Lockwood

Jonesboro First United Methodist Church, a fixture on Main Street for well over a century, is the second-largest United Methodist Church in Arkansas. Its members voted Sunday, July 31, 2022, to disaffiliate from the denomination. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Frank E. Lockwood)
Jonesboro First United Methodist Church, a fixture on Main Street for well over a century, is the second-largest United Methodist Church in Arkansas. Its members voted Sunday, July 31, 2022, to disaffiliate from the denomination. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Frank E. Lockwood)


A hearing will be held Tuesday in the lawsuit between Jonesboro First United Methodist Church and state United Methodist officials over control of the congregation's assets.

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