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 | Jul 5, 2013 | News
During the annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, several speakers urged Baptists to offer their praise for a 19th-century Baptist deacon and preacher, Sam Sharpe, who played an influential role in ending slavery in Jamaica and...
by Brian Kaylor | Jul 3, 2013 | News
During the annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, several speakers urged Baptists to understand and engage Muslims to advance the common good in the Middle East. The presentations came during a joint session on Monday of two BWA...
by Brian Kaylor | Jun 13, 2013 | News
Longtime religious leader Richard Land ended his nearly 25 years of service as the head of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) by hitting partisan notes at the SBC’s annual meeting in Houston. Land’s...
