Bryant v. Edwards

BIUNNO, J.,

This is an equity action in which the principal issue is the legality of the procedure employed by a Baptist church in terminating the employment of its pastor.

Plaintiffs are the Reverend Thomas F. Bryant, the pastor of the New Welcome Baptist Church, and John Doe and Mary Roe, unnamed individuals and representatives of a class of unnamed individuals who are members of the church. Defendants are all of the individual members of the Board of Deacons of the New Welcome Baptist Church and Mary Coe and Richard Sloe, unnamed individuals and representatives of a class of individuals who…