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•Diaferia v Elliott was an
application for an interlocutory injunction preventing a
membership meeting discussing whether or not a church’s
pastor should be dismissed
•Church membership required
members to complete a three-step process involving an
interview, baptism, and confirmation by church membership
vote
•Upon announcement of a meeting
of members to discuss the pastor’s dismissal on March 3, the
pastor announced, with support of 5 members, a meeting to be held
on February 24 at which the pastor would ask the elders
to consider membership of those that supported him
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