by Brian Kaylor | May 14, 2010 | News
A former president of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. has lost his lawsuit against the convention, months after overwhelmingly losing his attempt to regain the presidency. The lawsuit was dismissed by a Superior Court of the District of Columbia judge on...
by Brian Kaylor | Oct 16, 2009 | News
A former president of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. has filed his second lawsuit in two months against the convention. Henry Lyons, who led the NBC from 1994 to 1999 before resigning and serving four years in prison for racketeering and grand theft, ran...
by Brian Kaylor | Sep 11, 2009 | News
The comeback of Henry Lyons, senior pastor of New Salem Baptist Church in Tampa, Fla., fell well short during voting Thursday at the annual convention of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Lyons, who led the convention from 1994 to 1999 before resigning and...
by Brian Kaylor | Sep 10, 2009 | News
A last-minute legal effort to prevent the presidential election for the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. failed Wednesday afternoon. The vote will proceed as planned Thursday as Henry Lyons, senior pastor of New Salem Baptist Church in Tampa, Fla., is set to...
by Brian Kaylor | Sep 8, 2009 | News
Ten years ago, Henry Lyons resigned as president of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. and then spent more than four years in prison for racketeering and grand theft. Now, Lyons wants to be presidentof the largest African-American denomination once again—and...
