Baptist churches allow every member to have a say locally. But what about nationally? That depends on the information and upon whether the institution chooses to release it.
Since 1998, Missouri law has required venues -- including churches -- to collect withholding taxes on performances by out-of-state entertainers, even if congregants gave a love offering in appreciation.
By Vicki Brown Word&Way Correspondent The Missouri Baptist Convention’s Executive Board has abandoned its contention that trustees of five institutions acted illegally when they changed their charters to elect their own board members. Convention lawyers agreed at a July 18 hearing that agency trustees have
By Vicki Brown, Word&Way Associate EditorJefferson City — Cole County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Brown dismissed conspiracy charges filed by the Missouri Baptist Convention against four Baptist entities at a June 27 hearing in Jefferson City. However, the convention may appeal the ruling.In an order
By Vicki Brown, Word&Way News WriterFive Missouri Baptist Convention-related entities are seeking a rehearing of a recent appeal that returned an ongoing lawsuit against them to a lower court.Lawyers for The Baptist Home, Windermere Baptist Conference Center, Missouri Baptist University, Word&Way and the Missouri Baptist
The company that insures three Missouri Baptist Convention institutions embroiled in legal action with the MBC has dropped its own lawsuit against the three. Church Mutual voluntarily requested the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri to dismiss its case against the
