Congregants of church lack standing to sue on its behalf

Congregants of a church who have power to vote on hiring a new pastor, but not the power to vote for new directors for the board, are not legal members of the corporation and have no standing under the California Nonprofit Religious Corporation Law to sue on its behalf, an appellate court has ruled.  It has affirmed dismissal of a claim by congregants who sought to stop a new pastor from disaffiliating the church from its parent organization.