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English: A Measure passed by the General Synod of the Church of England to consolidate with corrections and minor improvements the Parsonages Measure 1938, the New Parishes Measure 1943, the Parsonages (Amendment) Measure 1947, certain provisions of the Church Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1960 and the Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976 and certain other provisions relating to ...
The current legal framework that the majority of courts use is called the Neutral Principles approach. [5] The Neutral Principles approach allows courts to adjudicate church property by deferring to unambiguous legal documents such as deeds, church constitutions, charters, and trusts or by looking entirely to the structure of church governance.
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Faith Temple Church brought an action to enjoin the Town of Brighton from condemning its property through eminent domain. [23] Faith Temple was a church that had outgrown its needs at its original location. In order to accommodate its larger congregation, it negotiated and eventually purchased a 66-acre (27-hectare) parcel of land in January 2004.
As millions of Christians plan to sit out the election, church leaders face tough choices about how to inspire their congregations without violating the law. The Religious Vote Is Waning—And ...
As thousands of Wichita-area voters show up to polls on Aug. 2, they could encounter political signs on polling-place property instructing them to “Vote Yes” on the Value Them Both amendment.
Originally, the Illinois General Assembly met every two years, although special sessions were sometimes held, and the laws passed during a session were printed within a year of each session. [3] Early volumes of Illinois laws contained public and private laws, as well as the auditors and treasurer's report for that biennium. [ 3 ]
Christian amendment describes any of several attempts to amend a country's constitution in order to officially make it a Christian state. In the United States, the most significant attempt to amend the United States Constitution by inserting explicitly Christian ideas and language began during the American Civil War and was spearheaded by the ...