Bowen v. Green

Harwell, Justice:

Garey Green appeals the decision of the trial court ordering reinstatement of members and granting certain other relief. We affirm.

The Board of Deacons and the Board of Trustees of the Mount Zion Baptist Church, meeting in joint session, voted to excommunicate certain members of the church for allegedly failing to honor financial obligations, for failing to com- muñe and worship regularly with church members, and for disrupting a worship service.

This action was precipitated when a letter to the minister calling for a congregational meeting went unheeded although the letter…