Suncreek United Methodist Church

Suncreek United Methodist Church is a United Methodist Church in Allen, Texas, part of the North Texas Conference of the UMC. The church was started in 1995 and was officially constituted as a United Methodist Church on September 22, 1996. [1]

The church was made momentarily notorious on February 19, 2005 as the location from which Republican 3rd Texas District Congressman Sam Johnson proposed attacking Syria with nuclear weapons in response to his assumption that Syria was harboring many of Iraq's supposed WMDs.[2]

Suncreek United Methodist Church also received considerable media attention following Senior Pastor Rev. Kathleen Baskin-Ball's experience with stage 4 cancer in early 2007.[3]

Palmer Studies in the Faith

Suncreek United Methodist Church offers an annual lectureship entitled Palmer Studies in the Faith that has featured nationally acclaimed preachers including Zan Wesley Holmes Jr, John Holbert, Scott J. Jones, Richard B. Wilke, and James W. Moore.

References

  1. ↑ "History". Suncreek UMC. Archived from the original on 2008-04-17. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
  2. ↑ Akers, Mary Ann (28 February 2005). "Nuke 'em, Sam". Roll Call. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Hodges, Sam (21 April 2007). "Pastor fights cancer, helped by multitude". Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on 27 August 2007.
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