West v. Belin
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1Opinion of the Court
Tom Glaze, Justice.
This case arises from a dispute between Reverend G. Edward West, an itinerant elder and member of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, and Bishop Henry Allen Belin, who presided over the Twelfth Episcopal District (Arkansas and Oklahoma) of the AME Church. The AME Church is a hierarchical church with the power of the church reposed in its bishops with the highest judicial body being the Judicial Council. The church’s organizational structure and authority of its various governmental divisions are contained in its Book of Discipline.
On June 6, 1990, West brought…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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