Mediation between the Missouri Baptist Convention and four formerly affiliated agencies has ended without a resolution. The primary issue — who would control those organizations — could not be settled.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Although they continue to disagree on a solution, representatives of the Missouri Baptist Convention and four formerly affiliated agencies have agreed to continue to talk about an end to litigation, now in its 12th year.
By Vicki Brown, Word&Way CorrespondentA proposal that could at least suspend litigation for one Baptist entity seems to have stalled since a mediator offered it on Dec. 11.Retired Judge Robert Russell of Sedalia suggested at a mediation hearing that the Missouri Baptist Convention and Missouri
By Vicki Brown, Word&Way Associate EditorJefferson City — The Missouri Baptist Convention and Missouri Baptist University must sit down and discuss possible solutions to the ongoing legal battle between the two. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Brown sustained the university's motion for mediation after
Jefferson City — As the legal battle against it reaches the four-year mark, Missouri Baptist University will ask the court to intervene to help the parties reach a voluntary solution.MBU has filed a motion to ask Cole County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Brown to appoint
