Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must
in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law
against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought
against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary
action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special
action in behalf of his family
in the emergency; differences of opinion exist
in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and
divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?
The representative of the appellant argues that the judgment of the original court which acknowledged the jurisdiction of the Japanese court
in an
action of the appellee who is a Japanese national claiming
divorce in the present case
against the appellant who has a nationality of the German Democratic Republic is
against the law.
Thus, an
action for alienation of affections could lie
against an
in - law, a friend, a professional counselor, or even a member of the clergy who counsels
divorce.