A Court of Appeals in Indiana has reversed a trial court decision that ordered a church to hold a general membership meeting to consider a contract extension for its pastor. The bylaws of the Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church provided procedures for selection of a new pastor and dissolution of the pastoral relationship. They also provided that the pastor had to sign a contract that would be negotiated and that the pastoral relationship should continue for an indefinite term so long as the relationship is mutually satisfactory to the pastor and the congregation. In a suit by a number of members of the church, the trial court ruled that the trustees had deviated from their usual practice in...