Missouri High Court decision effectively ends convention case against Windermere
JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri’s highest state court has turned down a request to examine a district court ruling favoring Windermere Baptist Conference Center.
JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri’s highest state court has turned down a request to examine a district court ruling favoring Windermere Baptist Conference Center.
By Vicki Brown Word&Way Correspondent JEFFERSON CITY — Windermere Baptist Conference Center acted legally when it changed its articles of incorporation, Cole County Circuit Court Judge Richard Callahan ruled in a 43-page order issued March 4. The ruling was
By Bill Webb Word&Way Editor OSAGE BEACH — For the first time in nine years, messengers to the Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting have rejected a slate of officers closely identified with Project 1000, a successful strategy to take control of the state convention.
By Bill Webb Word&Way Editor It's been quite a few years since a Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting has been preceded by so much hoopla. In recent months, the denomination's two mission boards — International and North American — and their leaders have been through
By Vicki Brown, Word&Way Associate EditorWhen Bill Miller stepped down as president of the Baptist General Convention of Missouri on April 1, he still carried his conviction that the organization is good for Missouri Baptists.And he will continue to pour some of his energy into
What has happened to the Missouri Baptist Convention?Bob PerryI get that question often from family, friends and folks in the churches. Some of them know that I was active in the Missouri Baptist Convention during parts of three decades in the '60s, '70s, and '80s.
By Vicki Brown, Word&Way News WriterThe Missouri Baptist Convention finally has filed an appeal in its ongoing legal battle with five affiliated entities.The MBC continues to seek to overturn revised charters for The Baptist Home, Missouri Baptist University, Missouri Baptist Foundation, Windermere Baptist Conference Center