neutral principles – Law Meets Gospel https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com Informing faith communities about legal issues Fri, 16 May 2025 12:33:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.lawmeetsgospel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/cropped-LawMeetsGospel.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 neutral principles – Law Meets Gospel https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com 32 32 120435859 “Churches’ Bill of Rights” from Ind. Att’y Gen. & Lt. Gov. https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2025/05/16/churches-bill-of-rights-from-ind-atty-gen-lt-gov/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=churches-bill-of-rights-from-ind-atty-gen-lt-gov Fri, 16 May 2025 12:33:42 +0000 https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/?p=2100 Continue reading "“Churches’ Bill of Rights” from Ind. Att’y Gen. & Lt. Gov."]]> 2100 Ind. Ct. App.: Former pastor entitled to settlement amount, attorney fees; no First Amendment bar to court resolution https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2019/08/28/ind-ct-app-former-pastor-entitled-to-settlement-amount-attorney-fees-no-first-amendment-bar-to-court-resolution/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ind-ct-app-former-pastor-entitled-to-settlement-amount-attorney-fees-no-first-amendment-bar-to-court-resolution Wed, 28 Aug 2019 18:32:38 +0000 http://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/?p=1551 Continue reading "Ind. Ct. App.: Former pastor entitled to settlement amount, attorney fees; no First Amendment bar to court resolution"]]> 1551 Utah Ct. App.: Mail-in vote violates incorporated denominational governing documents, break-away from UMC invalid https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2019/03/25/utah-ct-app-mail-in-vote-violates-incorporated-denominational-governing-documents-break-away-from-umc-invalid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=utah-ct-app-mail-in-vote-violates-incorporated-denominational-governing-documents-break-away-from-umc-invalid Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:16:02 +0000 https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/?p=1429 1429 Mich. Ct. App.: Ecclesiastical abstention requires deference to hierarchical church https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2019/03/22/mich-ct-app-ecclesiastical-abstention-requires-deference-to-hierarchical-church/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mich-ct-app-ecclesiastical-abstention-requires-deference-to-hierarchical-church Fri, 22 Mar 2019 16:33:02 +0000 https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/?p=1427 1427