A deed signed by a former pastor of a church purporting to transfer church property to an individual is invalid when the pastor had no authority to sign the deed and the board did not approve the sale as required by the bylaws, a Pennsylvania appellate court has affirmed. It has ruled that the deed in question was void and that a separate deed conveying the property to another religious center was valid and controlling. Louis Rodriguez was pastor of Primera Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal La Vina Del Senor in Philadelphia when officers of the church questioned some of his actions prior to services in January, 2018. They told the pastor that they were considering terminating him as pastor and as...