The petitioners sought a faculty for the dismantling and decommissioning of the church's pipe organ and its replacement with an electronic organ. Two members of the congregation objected on the grounds that the quality of sound from the electronic organ was inferior and the parish's financial concerns unfounded. In granting the faculty, the chancellor stated that it would be a usurpation of the function of the parochial church council (PCC), as the elected decision-making body charged with the stewardship of the church building and its contents, for the Consistory Court to act as a supervisory or appellate body reviewing the PCC's decisions. The court would not interfere with decisions as to the prudent use of its funds where the PCC has acted in good faith and within its statutory competence. [RA]
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