Mitchell A. Tyner
Mitchell A. Tyner, associate general counsel, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
Articles by Mitchell A. Tyner
The church, the courts, and the clergy
March 1986
To what degree can government, through the courts, control the hiring of those who serve a church as ministers? Not at all, according to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Carole Rayburn holds a Master of Divinity…
A Just Defense: The Use of Force, Nuclear Weapons, and Our Conscience
July 1989
If you espouse pacifism or noncombatancy, you won't be happy with the conclusions of this book. But if you are a proponent of the Strategic Defense Initiative, you'll be quite pleased with it.
The authors begin with some relevant…
Ministry and the American Legal System
September 1997
As a pastor, are you obligated to reveal a confession of criminal conduct told you in confidence by a parishioner? Can the local zoning commission prevent your congregation from building a new sanctuary on the property given to it specifically…
