Legal Opinion

Nolynn Ass'n of Separate Baptists in Christ v. Oak Grove Separate Baptist Church

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided May 15, 1970PublishedCited by 4 opinions

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…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Presbyterian Church in US v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian ChurchSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Thomas v. LewisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
  3. Pelphrey v. CochranCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1970
  4. Mullins v. ElswickCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1968
  5. Kidwell v. CrawfordCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1944

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Tabernacle v. Pentecostal Church of GodCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1982
  2. Bjorkman v. Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America of Diocese of LexingtonKentucky Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Bjorkman v. Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America of Diocese of LexingtonKentucky Supreme Court · 1988
  4. New Life Methodist Church v. Korean Methodist Church of the Americas, Jin Hi ChaColorado Court of Appeals · 2020

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