Legal Opinion
City of Concord v. New Testament Baptist Church
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided January 23, 1978No. 7933PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
The issue in this zoning case is whether a five-day-a-week school run by a fundamentalist church is a facility “usually connected with a church.” We hold that it is.
In June of 1971 the Reverend Roy Forrest founded the New Testament Baptist Church in Concord, eventually locating it at 4 Union Street. In 1976 a building at 8 Union Street, separated from the church by one nonowned property, was purchased. The members of the church consider themselves “born-again Christians” and constitute one of about 3,000 congregations of Independent Baptist churches across the nation. The tenets of faith and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Wooley v. MaynardSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- State v. WhisnerOhio Supreme Court · 1976
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Rhema Christian Center v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Hannigan v. City of ConcordSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1999
- Seward Chapel, Inc. v. City of SewardAlaska Supreme Court · 1982
- Sant Bani Ashram, Inc. v. New Hampshire Department of Employment SecuritySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1981
- Burlington Assem. of God v. Zoning Bd.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1989
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