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Breakaway Episcopalians win Texas church property fight

By Kevin Eckstrom — March 4, 2015
(RNS) The ruling is an about-face for a Texas court that originally sided with the national church, until the state Supreme Court stepped in and ordered a rehearing.

All eyes on Texas, S.C. church property fights

By G. Jeffrey MacDonald — February 18, 2013
(RNS) When disgruntled congregations have left hierarchical denominations, civil courts traditionally have said buildings and land are not theirs to keep. But outcomes could be different this year as high-profile cases wind their way through courts in Texas and South Carolina.
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