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RAMONA, Calif. (ABP) -- The lawyer representing a former Southern Baptist Convention official challenging the legitimacy of Barack Obama's presidency says there is legal precedent for courts to remove a sitting chief executive officer if the individual is found ineligible to serve.

2009 Archives

Legal fees vs. children’s home, colleges

December 22, 2009

author: Administrator

The clock is winding down on 2009. Churches across Missouri have been deciding their response to a measure approved by Missouri Baptist Convention messengers to allow Cooperative Program funds to be used to pay fees incurred in legal action against five entities.

2009 Archives

A response to the MBC legal update

November 4, 2009

author: Administrator

The Missouri Baptist Convention’s Agency Restoration Group (originally the legal task force) gave its annual report to MBC messengers last week. As leader of one of the five entities being sued by the convention, I annually find myself frustrated by some of the things that

2009 Archives

Messengers will be asked to use CP for legal fees

October 7, 2009

author: Administrator

In the face of tightened economic conditions, the Missouri Baptist Convention will seek convention messengers' permission to direct Cooperative Program gifts to fund ongoing legal action against five formerly affiliated institutions.

2009 Archives

Paying legal fees with CP

May 6, 2009

author: Ken Satterfield

Messengers to the Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting at First Baptist Church of Raytown this fall will have to vote against the proposed 2010 Cooperative Program budget to avoid using CP funds to pay mounting legal expenses (see “MBC Executive Board proposes using CP

2009 Archives

MBC Executive Board proposes using CP gifts to pay legal fees

May 6, 2009

author: Ken Satterfield

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board on April 14 gave its unanimous stamp of approval to using Cooperative Program gifts from churches to fund its ongoing litigation against five institutions.

The Executive Board will bring that recommendation to messengers during

2008 Archives

MBC files legal brief with Court of Appeals

July 25, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

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

2008 Archives

Love & Marriage: Church, state uneasy bedfellows in recognizing legal marriages

June 24, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

By Robert Marus Associated Baptist Press WASHINGTON -- In all of America’s brouhaha over whether legalizing same-sex marriage will sully the institution’s sanctity, very few Christians are asking one important question: When -- and why -- did the government get into the sanctification business

2008 Archives

Executive Board grapples with legal fees, flat giving

May 13, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

JEFFERSON CITY — Mounting legal fees and what Missouri Baptist Convention leaders are calling flat Cooperative Program giving has prompted the MBC Executive Board to set a 2009 budget goal of $16.3 million, a decline of $200,000 from the 2008 goal, according to The Pathway.

2007 Archives

MBC attorneys: Entities had legal right to change charters

July 25, 2007

author: Ken Satterfield

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

Wiley Drake’s lawyer claims legal precedent for courts to remove a chief of state

Legal fees vs. children’s home, colleges

A response to the MBC legal update

Messengers will be asked to use CP for legal fees

Paying legal fees with CP

MBC Executive Board proposes using CP gifts to pay legal fees

MBC files legal brief with Court of Appeals

Love & Marriage: Church, state uneasy bedfellows in recognizing legal marriages

Executive Board grapples with legal fees, flat giving

MBC attorneys: Entities had legal right to change charters

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