Are all religious school teachers ‘ministers’ under the law?

Interesting column from the Baptist Press about the “ministerial exception,” a judicial doctrine that tells courts to keep out of disputes between religious organizations and their ministers. The exception is at issue in a case that involved the firing of a teacher at a school run by Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church.

” title=”U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear” target=”_blank”>U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case, which according to Theriot will be the first ministerial exception case that the high court will hear. (Check out the