Category Archives: Christian Lawsuits

Advice to Churches to Prevent Member Lawsuits

September 16, 2014 – 4:36 pm

Following up on my previous post, based on Doe v Vineyard Church, regarding church members who were able to sue their church despite signing a document promising that they would not, here are some suggestions for churches to prevent members from suing their church: Have a Dispute Resolution Policy that specifically states that members will […]

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Enforcing Agreements Not to Sue Your Church

September 11, 2014 – 4:54 pm

For a host of reasons, it seems both unbiblical and un-Christian for a church member to sue one’s own church. (Indeed, I think this is an issue only in the U.S.—it simply would not occur to the vast majority of Christians in the world to express their unhappiness with their church by suing it.) But, […]

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Christians Take Another Dispute to Court

November 8, 2013 – 9:56 am

Josh Eckel and Tyler Mileger, Christian founders of a small clothing company based in Dallas, Texas, called “Play Hard Pray Harder”, filed a lawsuit against Josh Hamilton, also a professing Christian, after discovering that Hamilton had been promoting the same “Play Hard Pray Harder” slogan on clothing sold by Scripture Art, a company that Hamilton […]

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“I’ll Fly Away” to Court

September 7, 2013 – 9:03 pm

“I’ll Fly Away” to Court We are saddened by news that the beloved hymn “I’ll Fly Away” continues in litigation. Albert Brumley, Sr., wrote this song in the late 1920’s, and it was published in 1932. It has been recorded by numerous artists, sold millions of records, and appears in numerous hymnals.  Before Mr. Brumley […]

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