Dalton & Tomich wins injunction against Hinds County, Mississippi on behalf of The Church at Jackson
County’s zoning ordinance violates Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons […]
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Top Five Tactics Bishops use to delay a local Methodist Church from voting on disaffiliation
When churches try to vote to leave the United Methodist […]
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Three strategies used by Bishops to close local Methodist churches
The warning signs are there but churches don’t even realize […]
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Defining and cleaning up membership within a local UMC prior to disaffiliation
One thing a number of churches forget to do is […]
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Questions a local Methodist Church should ask before joining a denomination
Making the decision to leave the United Methodist Church is […]
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The Good Book on religious property disputes is now available: Religious Property Disputes and the Law: House of God, Laws of Man, published by the American Bar Association
Detroit – August 10, 2021 – Daniel Dalton, co-founder of Detroit-headquartered […]
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Frequently Asked Questions from churches looking to leave the United Methodist Denomination
When we talk to churches that want to leave the […]
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Religious property attorney responds to United Methodist Church announcement to hold off general conference vote on separation protocol until 2022
“Many (UMC) churches that have been waiting on the sidelines […]
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Park and pray? Church wins preliminary injunction against City of St. Pete Beach, which attempted to forbid public parking in Church’s lot
City’s punitive measures restricting religious exercise of Pass-A-Grille Beach Community […]
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Hobbs Chapel Church in Cape Girardeau, Missouri leaves the United Methodist Church and Keeps its Property
COLUMBIA, Mo. – December 4, 2020 – The Missouri Annual […]
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From the Supreme Court to continued separations from the United Methodist Church and other traditional Protestant denominations, religion will be in the legal spotlight in 2021
Media Contacts: Barbara Fornasiero, EAFocus Communications; barbara@eafocus.com; 248.260.8466; Dan Dalton; ddalton@daltontomich.com; […]
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Fulton v. City of Philadelphia reflects rising trend of cities restricting faith-based organizations from serving their communities
“In some cases, zoning and land use restrictions are choking […]
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