Decker v. Berean Baptist Church

Plaintiffs, former members of defendant Berean Baptist Church (Conservative), brought this suit for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief. Seeking to void the allegedly unlawful conversion of the church to an Independent Baptist Church and to gain exclusive control of the church, plaintiffs appeal from the decree in favor of defendants. Assigned as errors are (1) the trial court’s application of the doctrine of relative hardship* 2 to deny the requested relief; and (2) in the alternative, the failure of the trial court to award plaintiffs a money judgment. We review de novo.

The Berean…