by Brian Kaylor | Sep 18, 2018 | Opinion
The debate over the political activity ban – also called the Johnson Amendment – continues to play out in Missouri. Don Hinkle, who serves as director of public policy for the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) and edits the convention’s publication, wrote an...
by Brian Kaylor | Mar 28, 2014 | News
The latest chapter in the nearly 12-year legal saga among Missouri Baptists ended Tuesday with another stinging defeat for the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC). A unanimous three-judge ruling from the Southern District of the Missouri Court of Appeals against the MBC...
by Brian Kaylor | Oct 29, 2013 | News
A Baptist conference center in Missouri filed a $10 million lawsuit against the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) on Friday, Oct. 25. The suit comes after an EthicsDaily.com exposé about a settlement in a similar case and the MBC’s efforts to keep the settlement...
by Brian Kaylor | Jul 12, 2013 | News
Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) officials finally admitted to a lawsuit settlement that they failed to report to members after more than eight months of secrecy. The admission followed an EthicsDaily.com exposé on Monday detailing the settlement. MBC’s...
by Brian Kaylor | Jul 7, 2013 | News
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 against...