For the second time, the Missouri Baptist Foundation is seeking to appeal a Cole County judge's ruling that could force the institution to return control to the Missouri Baptist Convention. The Foundation filed a notice of appeal to the Missouri Court of Appeals on June
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- The father of a Marine killed in Iraq in 2006 filed a brief May 24 with the United States Supreme Court arguing that the free-speech rights of a Baptist church that picketed his son's funeral should not trump his family's right to
By Vicki Brown Word&Way Correspondent JEFFERSON CITY — A Missouri Baptist Convention appeal against a formerly affiliated institution could be heard in October or November, with a decision likely to come after the first of next year. The convention is contesting Cole County
By Vicki Brown Word&Way Correspondent JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Baptist Convention has filed notice that it will appeal a judge’s ruling in its case against a formerly affiliated institution and will ask that legal action pending against four others be delayed. Convention attorneys filed
By Vicki Brown Word&Way Correspondent JEFFERSON CITY — Attorneys for the Missouri Baptist Convention have filed a motion for summary judgment against Windermere Baptist Conference Center. The motion, filed on Oct. 11 in Cole County Circuit Court, asks Judge Richard Callahan to rule on
By Vicki Brown, Word&Way Associate EditorCape Girardeau — For the fourth straight year, messengers to the Missouri Baptist Convention annual session heard an update from the MBC's legal task force.This year the report focused on Windermere Baptist Conference Center — now among a host of
Jefferson City -- The Missouri Baptist Convention has filed a motion for a temporary restraining order against Windermere Baptist Conference Center.The convention filed the motion shortly after a hearing Dec. 15 to determine who could represent the MBC in its ongoing legal battle with five
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
By Vicki Brown Word&Way News Writer Raytown -- On the same day it opened its 170th annual session, the Missouri Baptist Convention filed another legal action against five related agencies. Meeting at First Baptist Church, Raytown, on Oct. 25, messengers learned that MBC attorneys that