Order bars pastor and deacons from suspensions, removals, and unauthorized financial actions
BROWARD COUNTY, FL —This case should serve as a sobering lesson—and a clear warning—to pastors and church officers who believe church constitutions, bylaws, and congregational authority can be disregarded without consequence.
Last Wednesday, a Broward County Circuit Court judge granted a temporary injunction in a lawsuit filed in mid-September 2025 by approximately 50 members of First Baptist Church Piney Grove, Inc. The court determined that the dispute before it did not involve religious doctrine, but rather church governance and financial authority, placing the matter squarely within the court’s jurisdiction…