Pilgrim Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession of St. Louis v. Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Foundation

ARTHUR LITZ, Special Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Pilgrim seeks to reverse the trial court’s judgment dismissing its claims against defendants-respondents in a court tried case. The crux of the controversy is an attempt by appellant, the settlor of a trust, to gain control over an endowment fund and two bequests under a charitable trust. The trial court denied appellant’s attempts to revoke the trust agreement and we affirm.

Appellant was incorporated in 1914 as a pro forma corporation. Respondent The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (“Synod”) is a national Lutheran church body consisting of…