Sawyer v. Brandon

PITTMAN, Chief Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Alarmed by the pastor’s use of the church phone for long distance calls, the pastor’s prior felony conviction, the pastor’s failure to remove himself from office after verbally submitting his resignation, and the pastor’s attempted use of the church van for a personal trip, six ex-deacons of the Ebernezer Missionary Baptist Church1 filed for injunctive and other relief against the pastor in the Chancery Court of Monroe County. The pastor answered and filed a counterclaim against the National Bank of Commerce seeking control of the funds in the…