The Nashville Church of Christ in Tennessee, formerly known as the Central Church of Christ, must restore a trust fund set up by a former Central member, according to a settlement approved by a Tennessee circuit court.
The judgment resolves a lawsuit brought last year by Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, which accused the Nashville church of breaching a trust left to the Central church by John R. Jones, who died in 1981. Skrmetti is a member of the Harpeth Hills Church of Christ in Brentwood.
According to Jones’ will, the trust was given “not to be entered in [the] Building Fund nor go for the construction of [a] new church, but to be invested by them for monthly or quarterly income and for the benefit of missionary endeavors according to the discretion of the elders.”…