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 | 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...
by Brian Kaylor | Oct 27, 2009 | News
When Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson steps to the podium this afternoon at the annual meeting of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC), his presence will represent a contradiction both for him and the organization. Patterson has...
by Aarik Danielsen | Mar 27, 2009 | News
Throughout the Missouri Baptist Convention’s six-year legal battle against five Baptist agencies, convention leaders frequently promised that no Cooperative Program money would be used to fund the lawsuits. However, an analysis of the MBC’s audit reports indicates...