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Church v. Church

Korean American congregation alleges racial discrimination in church property sale.

Lisa Parro | posted 2/06/2008 09:15AM

A Korean American church in Chicago's suburbs is suing a primarily white congregation for rejecting its bid to purchase the congregation's property. The suit alleges the decision was based on racial grounds, ...

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Anonymous

Posted: February 14, 2008 1:55 AM


Little wonder their members are leaving and they are closing down as a church. That said, it is wrong to sue fellow christians under such circumstances. The korean church should withdraw the lawsuit and leave the matter in God's hands. He will get them a better property. At best its a poor example of how to react to discrimination and negates Christ's teachings about love in 1 cor 13.

Jack	Posted: February 10, 2008 6:05 PM


Be very careful about drawing conclusions from an article that only quotes one side of the issue. Not saying the article is untrue, just that more information is needed before passing judgment.

Jeff	Posted: February 06, 2008 8:30 PM


Scripture is clear abouit berother suing brother... it says.. better we be defrauded then air our dirty laundry before an unbelieving world. Shame on the Korean Church. Pride goeth before the fall. The Korean pastor should have walked away. He has done what many in the church do.. he allowed his own desires to be put before the mandates of Scripture.

Philip Tang

Posted: February 06, 2008 8:05 PM


Shame on the white congregation of Prospect Heights Community Church

Raymond Takashi Swenson

Posted: February 06, 2008 4:28 PM

Since the interest of the seller church is solely in getting rid of the property and maximizing the funds it can realize from the sale, it should proceed to settlement of the lawsuit through a consent decree rather than burn up the proceeds through litigation. The third church is better off looking elsewhere for property, rather than trying to enforce its purchase contract, since after settlement the seller church and the Korean church will both interpose the lawsuit and its settlement consent decree as effectively a determination that the seller church lacked legal authority to sell to the third church in light of the prior offer by the Korean church.

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