Legal Opinion
Hope Presbyterian Church v. Presbyterian Church
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided November 29, 2012No. CC 07-2707-E2; CA A139430; SC S059584PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBalmer, C. J.
This case requires us to decide whether a local church or the national church from which it seeks to separate owns certain church property. Hope Presbyterian Church of Rogue River (Hope Presbyterian) is the name of a church congregation and a related nonprofit corporation. The congregation has been affiliated with a national Presbyterian Church organization since its founding in 1901, most recently affiliating with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (PCUSA), and its regional presbytery, the Presbytery of the Cascades. In 2007, the congregation voted to disaffiliate from PCUSA. The corporation…
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