Although we are quite familiar with churches and presbyteries going to court over property disputes related to denominational realignment, we may be less familiar with the myriad other reasons churches find themselves in civil court.
A review of 12,000 court rulings from 2012 reveals the most-common reasons that American churches were taken to court last year.
Legal expert Richard Hammar compiled 12,000 court rulings from 2012 involving American churches. He analyzed which types are rising and falling for Church Law and Tax.