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CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES

No. 80,679.

26 Kan. App.2d 569 (1999)

992 P.2d 812

CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST, NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST, and KANSAS SOUTHWEST CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST, Appellees, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST; ESSIE WITHERSPOON, NAPOLEON DEVORCE, JAMES WITHERSPOON, HOSEA COHENS, AND ULYSSES WASHINGTON, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed November 5, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc A. Powell and Loren H. Houk, of Powell & Brewer, L.L.P., of Wichita, for the appellants.

Richard R. Yoxall, of Yoxall, Antrim, Yoxall & Ambrosier, of Liberal, for the appellee.

Before PIERRON, P.J., KNUDSON, J., and WAHL, S.J.

PIERRON, J.:

This case involves a dispute between members of the New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ (New Jerusalem Church) located in Liberal, Kansas, and the national Church of God in Christ (National Church) located in Memphis, Tennessee. The argument concerns who owns and controls a certain church building located in Liberal.

From its inception in 1979, the New Jerusalem Church (previously the Holy Sanctuary Church of God in Christ) was affiliated with...

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