The ruling by Judge William L. Osteen came during a hearing held Monday, June 9, in U.S. Middle District Court that was further outlined by the judge in a 50-page memorandum opinion and order released Friday, June 20.
Attorneys for The Summit Church filed the lawsuit in the U.S. Middle District Court of North Carolina in February, claiming that Chatham County officials violated provisions of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a statement of interest in support of a lawsuit brought by The Summit Church against the Chatham County Board of Commissioners.
The motion, filed Thursday, March 27, asks the U.S. Middle District Court to dismiss the lawsuit because attorneys for the county say the court lacks jurisdiction to hear and rule on the case.
In a statement to the Biblical Recorder, The Summit Church said it filed the lawsuit to defend its constitutional rights, as well as the rights of other churches.
At a national meeting of more than 275 field staff at the North American Mission Board’s headquarters Thursday (Oct. 6), Send Network President Vance Pitman
On Sunday, Oct. 31, students in Southern Baptist churches will have the opportunity to be immediately baptized after a profession of faith in Christ, or
In his first Southern Baptist seminary chapel appearance since his election as Southern Baptist Convention president, Ed Litton addressed Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Texas
Amy Whitfield, associate vice president for convention communications for the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, announced recently that she is joining the staff of The
Ed Litton, newly elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention, has apologized for preaching a sermon similar to one preached a year earlier by former
