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Legal Developments

Issues that affect ministers and churches

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State	Title	Category
	Court Can Resolve Church Dispute over the Election of a New Pastor April 2022	Charters, Constitutions, and Bylaws; Church Business Meetings
	“Church Autonomy” Applies in Church Name Dispute March/April 2019	Church Business Meetings
	Decision Reinforces When Courts Can—or Can't—Resolve Church Bylaws Disputes January/February 2019	Charters, Constitutions, and Bylaws; Church Business Meetings
	Meeting to Fire Pastor Was Invalid January/February 2014	Church Business Meetings
	Invalid Church Business Meetings November/December 2012	Church Business Meetings
	Follow Procedural Requirements for Church Business Meetings January/February 2010	Church Business Meetings
	Bylaws, Constitutions, and Charters July/August 2005	Charters, Constitutions, and Bylaws; Church Business Meetings
	Church Business Meetings May/June 1997	Church Business Meetings
	Removal of Church Elders May/June 1994	Church Business Meetings
	Constitutions, Bylaws and Charters March/April 1990	Church Business Meetings
	Court Ruled It Was Proper to Inquire Whether a Congregational Meeting Was Preceded by Adequate Notice to the Full Membership March/April 1988	Charters, Constitutions, and Bylaws; Church Business Meetings
	Civil Courts May Never Interfere in the Selection of Clergy January/February 1988	Church Business Meetings
	Court Upheld the Validity of Proxy Votes in Church Business Meetings September/October 1987	Church Business Meetings; Clergy - Removal; Freedom of Religion