Nolynn Ass'n of Separate Baptists in Christ v. Oak Grove Separate Baptist Church
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
1Opinion of the Court
MILLIKEN, Judge.
This is an appeal by the Nolynn Association of Separate Baptists in Christ from a judgment of the Green Circuit Court holding that the Oak Grove Separate Baptist Church is an independent church, congregational in its government, and that the Nolynn Association has no jurisdiction or control over the property or internal affairs of the Oak Grove Church. The members of the Presbytery Board of the Nolynn Association were enjoined from interfering with the operation of the internal affairs or the property of the Oak Grove Church.
Disagreement arose between the Association and the…
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