Representatives of the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Christian Life Commission filed suit Jan. 8 challenging an executive order by Gov. Jay Nixon allowing same-sex couples legally married in another state to file joint tax returns with the state Department of Revenue.
The Baptist Home has purchased land in Ashland, Mo., for the future site of a central Missouri campus. Once constructed, it would become TBH's fourth facility for older adults in the state.
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Word&Way looks back through its archives at the significant events among Baptists in the Midwest the news journal reported in 2013.
The Missouri Baptist Convention took an unprecedented move when it filed a motion for declaratory judgment against The Baptist Home, Missouri Baptist University, Windermere Baptist Conference Center, Word&Way and the Missouri Baptist Foundation in August 2002. (The convention dropped its lawsuit against Word&Way in April 2010.) This legal action timeline includes