Virginia Church Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Reverse State Court Decision Interfering with Church Doctrine
New Life in Christ Church considers its college campus ministers actions to be essential functions of the ministry of the church, and the city should abide by that decision.
- New Life in Christ Church considers its college campus ministers actions to be essential functions of the ministry of the church, and the city should abide by that decision.
- New Life in Christ Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia, has a parsonage that is presently occupied by its college ministers, a married couple.
- The Circuit Court of the City of Fredericksburg upheld the citys determination and the Virginia Supreme Court denied to review that decision.
- In their petition, attorneys for New Life in Christ Church argue, The Court should summarily reverse the decision below because it reflects a demonstrably erroneous application of federal law.