Beulah Missionary Baptist Church v. Spann

This appeal involves a church election. Reverend T. Cortez Spann, the defendant, was pastor of the Beulah Missionary Baptist Church in the City of Westland. A dispute arose at the church, and Reverend Spann’s followers voted to remove certain deacons and a trustee from their positions as church officers. One of the removed deacons sponsored a meeting at which a vote was taken to remove Reverend Spann as pastor. The church, through its officers, sued in Wayne County Circuit Court to enjoin Reverend Spann from occupying the church pulpit and to recover church assets from him. During the show…