[Rashputin]

"Associated Baptist Press recently reported on a court case stemming from efforts by two Calvinist pastors to impose elder rule on a Florida Baptist church. Several former members claimed in a lawsuit that the new leadership violated the church’s articles of incorporation filed with the Secretary of State, but Florida’s First District Court of Appeals ruled that church governance is “an essentially religious matter” that courts cannot enjoin due to the separation of church and state. "

Interesting, the Federal government is arguing that Church governance exists only to the extent that the Federal government says it does.

[GeronL]

If you accept “tax free” or “non-profit” status from the IRS, they own you. Do not register your church or anything taxable and you will have free speech.