Crenshaw v. Barbour

Mr. Justice. McKinney

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The National Baptist Convention of the United States of America is an unincorporated religious society with a very large membership. The object of the organization is thus stated in Article 2 of the Constitution:

“This Convention, by uniting Baptist churches and other Baptist organizations, such as may desire an organization of this kind, shall undertake to promote home and foreign missions; to encourage and support Christian education; to publish and distribute Sunday-school and other religious, literature; and to engage in whatever…