schism – Law Meets Gospel https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com Informing faith communities about legal issues Wed, 04 Mar 2020 11:53:11 +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 schism – Law Meets Gospel https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com 32 32 120435859 “The 10 things to know about the Separation Protocol of the United Methodist Church” https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2020/03/04/the-10-things-to-know-about-the-separation-protocol-of-the-united-methodist-church/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-10-things-to-know-about-the-separation-protocol-of-the-united-methodist-church Wed, 04 Mar 2020 11:53:11 +0000 https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2020/03/04/the-10-things-to-know-about-the-separation-protocol-of-the-united-methodist-church/ 1696 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 Indiana Church of the Brethren district cannot take title to breakaway congregation https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2014/11/17/indiana-church-of-the-brethren-district-cannot-take-title-to-breakaway-congregation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=indiana-church-of-the-brethren-district-cannot-take-title-to-breakaway-congregation Mon, 17 Nov 2014 22:21:00 +0000 https://lawmeetsgospel.wordpress.com/2014/11/17/indiana-church-of-the-brethren-district-cannot-take-title-to-breakaway-congregation Continue reading "Indiana Church of the Brethren district cannot take title to breakaway congregation"]]> 78 Cert. Denied in Indiana Church Property Dispute https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2013/04/29/cert-denied-in-indiana-church-property-dispute/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cert-denied-in-indiana-church-property-dispute Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:18:00 +0000 https://lawmeetsgospel.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/cert-denied-in-indiana-church-property-dispute Continue reading "Cert. Denied in Indiana Church Property Dispute"]]> 115 Court allows challenge to intracongregational dispute https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2012/04/09/court-allows-challenge-to-intracongregational-dispute/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=court-allows-challenge-to-intracongregational-dispute Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:48:00 +0000 https://lawmeetsgospel.wordpress.com/2012/04/09/court-allows-challenge-to-intracongregational-dispute 121