Legal Opinion
Gelder v. Loomis
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided January 22, 1980No. 49647PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, Justice:
This case involves a dispute over the syn-odical affiliation of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, located on Southwestern Street in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Since its incorporation in 1933, Grace Lutheran has been affiliated with the Missouri Synod of the Lutheran Church. In 1975, the voting members of the church congregation voted to terminate its affiliation with the Missouri Synod and to become affiliated with the Lutheran Church in Mission. The decision to change affiliations was not a unanimous one, and six members of those members of the congregation voting in the…
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- Oklahoma District Council of the Assemblies of God v. New Hope Assembly of God Church of Norman, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1976
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