Posted by:
RPackham
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Date: August 04, 2015 06:39PM
Under U.S. case law, a person who is a member of a church (no matter how they got to be one) is a member until they actively notify the church that they have resigned.
Until then, they are ACCORDING TO U.S. CASE LAW legally subject to that church's rules for discipline.
Most churches do not apply that strictly, and simply let people drift off into the sunset. But that does not change the law.
See Guinn v. Church of Christ, 775 P 2d 766 (1989) (
http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/deliverdocument.asp?citeid=10494 ) , Hadnot v. Shaw, 826 P 2d 978 (1992), and Serbian East Orthodox Church v. Milivojevich 426 US 696, 96 SCt 2372, 49 LEd 2d 151 (1976), as well as the discussion of the Hancock case at
http://www.mormonalliance.org/casereports/volume3/part1/v3p1c05.htmEdited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/04/2015 06:39PM by RPackham.