In an action arising out of a dispute concerning the governance of a member-church of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States (the Episcopal Church), judgment in favor of defendant-members of the clergy and majority group of church's members is reversed and court is directed to enter judgment in favor of plaintiff-remaining loyalist members of the church on remand where: 1) applying neutral principles of law, defendants lacked the power and authority to amend the bylaws and articles of incorporation of the Parish corporation to make it part of the Anglican Church, and their actions in this regard were a legal nullity; 2) by taking the actions they did, defendants were no longer a part of the Episcopal Church and could not be the lawful directors; 3) court gave deference to the Episcopal Church and San Diego Diocese's determination as to who constituted the true members of the parish, and consequently the election of the individual defendants as board members of the Parish corporation was a legal nullity; and 4) applying neutral principles of law to the actions of the Episcopal Church and San Diego Diocese in determining who were the true members of the church, the result was the same.