Masih's Letter

We are three students from Berea-Midpark High School and we just finished reading your book for our literature circles. We are writing this letter with intent to share our thoughts and appreciation for the book.

Pastor Fred Dyess had retired after serving as pastor for thirty years and Director of Missions for the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans for fourteen years. The Lord called him out of retirement to start a new church. Bro. Fred checked with the Eastern Louisiana Baptist Association Director of Missions, David Brown, to learn what areas the association had targeted for a new church and what was needed. He was told that the Louisiana Baptist Convention required a new church to have a sponsoring church. Dr. Roger Dunlap and Macedonia Baptist Church gladly voted to be our sponsoring church. The Louisiana Baptist Convention and the Eastern Louisiana Baptist Association each gave Victory a budget supplement of $500 per month decreasing

The leadership of the church is also addressed in this letter. He expected support from them but only received opposition. He is very disappointed in the lack of help but only because of his deep love and connection with the church.

Procedural History: The plaintiffs (Doe), which where twos families that followed the Mormon and Catholic religions both made up of current and former students and their parents, filed a law suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas citing the defendants (Santa Fe School District) were in violation of their First Amendment as it pertains to the Establishment

Application/Analysis: The court agrees that the state has a legitimate interest in protecting its citizens from fraud, but in this instance, the court takes issue with the fact that a sole authority, the secretary of the Public Welfare Council, can decide what is considered a valid religion. The court states that the secretary “is empowered to determine whether the cause is a

Introduction First Baptist of Pontotoc, Mississippi, is a hundred and forty-six year old church that is full of history. This paper will provide a brief background of the church history. Over the last four years, three immoral staff members of First Baptist Church of Pontotoc have been contributing factors to the church 's decline.

B: Document 3). A: They would have such a good appeal on people because do to that they wanted as in paying taxes to the church. They believed they would get an everlasting life, and that happiness after their lives were short and hard. Churches had a hold on everybody who wanted things from above and letting their newborn child into a life of God , and God’s Church.

In summary, Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia is a daycare organization that has some religious classes. They applied for funds for playground equipment and were denied by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for funds, because Article I, Section 7 of the Missouri Constitution says that money shouldn't be given to organizations that support religion. Trinity sued because it is against Freedom of religion if you are going to cut off certain groups of people from grants or charity, just

I, William Schnautz am writing this letter to inform the Church Administration of my resignation of my office of overseer and deacon, due to reason chancges in personal matters I am unable to preform my duties in a manner that is pleasing to God. To safeguard my membership in the Church of Christ it would be best to remove myself from the offices that I hold, so that I can reevaluate myself and to properly manage my family in a way that follows the will of God.

I hope this letter finds you and your family well. I once again wish to thank you for choosing our firm to address your inquiry and hope that your experience was a pleasant one, I understand that for most people having to speak to a lawyer is not a pleasant

The Defendants, Reverend Linwood Rooks, Reverend Harriet Yun, and Bald Mountain Community Church, move to dismiss the Complaint on the ground of lack of subject matter jurisdiction on the basis of lack of diversity of citizenship. This Complaint arises out of a dispute regarding the Plaintiff’s, Ernestine Petrillo, investment in one of the defendant’s business ventures. Reverend Rooks and Reverend Yun are pastors at the Bald Mountain Community Church in Bald Mountain, Alabama. The Plaintiff, Ernestine Petrillo, has resided in Alabama all of her life until June of 2015 when she moved to Wisconsin to further her education by attending graduate school. For diversity jurisdiction, the amount in controversy is undisputed, however, Plaintiff has

After this case got to Supreme court it made this case widely known. of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer it is a widely known case. This case is about a church that made a request for state funds in Missouri to receive reimbursement to purchase recycled tires to upgrade the playgrounds at its preschool and daycare center. Trinity Church raised an objection to that decision; saying that this decision is a violation of the First Amendment’s protections of freedom of religion and speech; and that the church being penalized for their religious status.

The Commission reviewed the documentation: The Letter provides, in relevant part: “In order for your application to remain active, you are required to fill out the attached “Person Declaration & Application Supplement Form” and return to my office on or before January 15, 2018.” “If you do not respond by January 15, 2018 your application will be declared inactive and you will be removed from the waiting list.”

Your grievance appeal has been reviewed at Central Office and the Deputy Warden's response is affirmed. Mr. Herman, the Pastoral Administrator has reviewed your grievance appeal and you are being provided the following response:

Thank you for the referral of this matter to our office. I look forward to working with you as we bring this matter to an equitable conclusion for all parties. As always, if you have any questions or comments concerning the above-referenced matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. It is my practice to return all communications within 24 hours, if possible. Please consider this letter a brief Initial File Analysis on this matter.