GELDER v. LOOMIS

No. 49647.

605 P.2d 1330 (1980)

Wanda Van GELDER, Elliott Hugh Simmons, George Louis Dines, Gerald William Vidlock, Clarence E. Koester, and Joni O. Johnson, Appellants, v. Bob LOOMIS, Don Grummer, Albert Otis, Bill Patchell, Lois Theimer, and Lela Ehrhart, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

January 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee E. Witcher, Oklahoma City, for appellants.

Phillip F. Horning, Bulla, Horning & Johnson, Oklahoma City, for appellees.


BARNES, Justice:

This case involves a dispute over the synodical 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...

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