德州达拉斯高地公园卫理公会投票脱离联合卫理公会 布什夫妇公开支持

德克萨斯州达拉斯县达拉斯市的高地公园卫理公会教堂近日投票决定脱离联合卫理公会，前总统 George W. Bush 和前第一夫人 Laura Bush 公开支持这一决定，相关消息11月6日得到证实。布什夫妇自20世纪80年代以来一直是该教堂的成员，布什的幕僚长 Freddy Ford 11月6日向《纽约时报》证实，夫妇二人参加了投票并支持教堂脱离联合卫理公会。

高地公园卫理公会创立于1916年，是联合卫理公会中规模最大的教会之一，截至2025年有5000多名固定参加礼拜者、约15700名成员。该教堂于10月25日至26日举行投票，在4775张选票中，90.35%赞成脱离联合卫理公会。

联合卫理公会地平线德州教区否决了投票的有效性，并于8月在达拉斯县地方法院起诉该教堂，同时任命新牧师并调离原主任牧师 Matt Tuggle。教堂方面表示，将以高地公园卫理公会教堂的名义敬拜，并计划在12月1日前完成脱离所需的各项调整。

Bushes Back Highland Park Methodist's Vote to Leave the United Methodist Church in Dallas

DALLAS, Texas — Highland Park Methodist Church in Dallas has voted to leave the United Methodist Church, and former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush have publicly supported the decision, it was confirmed on November 6. The Bushes have been members of the church since the 1980s, and Bush chief of staff Freddy Ford told The New York Times on November 6 that the couple took part in the vote and supported disaffiliation.

Founded in 1916, Highland Park Methodist is one of the largest churches in the United Methodist Church, with more than 5,000 regular worshippers and about 15,700 members as of 2025. In voting held October 25-26, 90.35% of 4,775 ballots cast favored leaving the denomination.

The denomination's Horizon Texas Conference rejected the validity of the vote and sued the church in Dallas County court in August, also appointing a new pastor and reassigning senior pastor Matt Tuggle. The church said it will worship under the name Highland Park Methodist Church and plans to complete the adjustments required for disaffiliation by December 1.

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