Kidist Mariam Ethiopian &c. Church v. Kidist Mariam Ethiopian &c. Church

In Kidist Mariam Ethiopian &c. Church v. Kidist Mariam Ethiopian &c. Church, 219 Ga. App. 470, 472-473 (1) (465 S.E.2d 491) (1995), the corporate documents of the parish explicitly separated the affairs of the parish into two categories, religious and corporate. The bylaws "expressly provided for the corporation's autonomy while specifying that the parish must yield to the parent church's hierarchical dictates only with regard to religious, spiritual, and liturgical matters." 219 Ga. App. at 473-474. This provision created a hybrid of hierarchical (religious) and congregational (corporate) form of church government.