Louisiana District Council of Assembly of God v. Victory Temple Assembly of God

GAUDIN, Judge.

This case concerns the efforts of Ralph Adams and his family to own and operate the Victory Temple Assembly of God church at the intersection of Transcontinental Drive and Kawanee Avenue in Metairie, Louisiana.

Following a lengthy hearing in the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court, the trial judge concluded that the church was in fact affiliated with and under the administrative control of the Louisiana District Council of the Assembly of God, Inc., and was not, as Adams contended, in the district court and now on appeal, a local congregational church and a separate corporate…