Williams v. Wilson

This is a church dispute. We granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’s decision 1 affirming the master’s finding that the dismissal of the preacher by church trustees was a nullity and the congregation’s election of new trustees was valid. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

FACTS

Petitioners (Trustees), who are the founders of The Christian Church of North Myrtle Beach (NMB Church), voted to dismiss the church’s preacher, respondent Darrell Hall. In response, the congregation voted to oust Trustees, elected replacement trustees, and overrode the dismissal of Preacher…