Serving God by Suing Others: Inside the Christian Conservative Legal Movement
SALT LAKE CITY — Roger Gannam cites the Bible to define his company’s mission.
That wouldn’t be notable if he worked at
Home, University Respond in Convention Legal Battle
The Baptist Home and Missouri Baptist University submitted legal responses on Jan. 31 to urge a judge to dismiss motions for summary judgment filed by the Missouri Baptist Convention on
MBC Seeks Ruling against Home, University
The Missouri Baptist Convention filed motions on Dec. 2 asking the Circuit Court of Cole County to issue a ruling for the MBC in lawsuits against The Baptist Home and Missouri Baptist University.
Court of Appeals denies Baptist Foundation motions, leaving Missouri Supreme Court as remaining option
The Western District Court of Appeals in Kansas City, Mo., on July 5 overruled and denied The Missouri Baptist Foundation’s motions for the court to either rehear the Missouri
Baptist Foundation seeks rehearing of case or transfer to Missouri Supreme Court
The Missouri Baptist Foundation on June 8 has filed a “motion for rehearing and alternative application for transfer” of the Missouri Baptist Convention’s nearly 14-year-old case against the Foundation.
Appeals court rules for MBC in case against Missouri Baptist Foundation
The Western District Court of Appeals in Kansas City, Mo. — a three-judge panel — ruled May 24 in favor of the Missouri Baptist Convention in their 14-year legal battle over selection
MBC and Foundation lawyers make appeal arguments Sept. 15
The Missouri Baptist Convention and the Missouri Baptist Foundation were back in the Western District Court of Appeals in Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 15.
Missouri Baptist Convention quietly settles lawsuit, fails to tell members
Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) officials quietly settled last year a lawsuit, agreeing to pay $500,000 to the estate of a deceased businessman.
The settlement represents another chapter in a long list of legal defeats in the MBC’s 11-year legal fight
FBC Jacksonville settles defamation lawsuit
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) – A defamation lawsuit against a Florida Baptist mega-church has been settled under confidential terms, according to the formerly anonymous blogger who filed the complaint in 2009.
‘Birther’ lawsuit has setback
WASHINGTON (ABP) – California pastor Wiley Drake’s three-year legal battle challenging President Obama’s eligibility received a setback Dec. 22, when the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said he and other plaintiffs lacked legal standing to file their complaint.