Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Baptist Church of Richmond, Inc. v. Younger
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 4, 1975No. Civ. 34194PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ELKINGTON, J.
The Metropolitan Baptist Church of Richmond, Inc. (hereafter the “Church”) was incorporated in 1956 as a California nonprofit corporation for religious and charitable purposes. It was a fundamental Baptist church, and like Baptist churches generally, it was autonomous, democratic and congregational. All decisions, ecclesiastical and temporal, were by majority vote of the individual adult members of the congregation; there was no hierarchy or other ruling authority. A suitable church building was thereafter acquired, and Baptist church services were commenced, in the City…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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