Presbytery of Donegal v. Calhoun

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• holding that a provision prohibiting a church from encumbering its property, without more, does not create a trust
• holding that a statement in corporate charter to “worship” in accordance with the beliefs of a national denomination is insufficient to indicate intent to create a trust in favor of the denomination
• noting that when the Trust Clause was added to the Book of Order, the local church rejected it rather than accede to it, and disaffiliated from the UPCUSA, as there was no provision at the time preventing local churches from disaffiliating

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