ROME, Ga. — Shorter College has filed a lawsuit against the Georgia Baptist Convention to recover funds the GBC has withheld from the school since last January. The convention has filed a counter-lawsuit claiming rightful ownership of the college and seeking to regain control of trustee selection.
Shorter created a self-perpetuating board last month after the convention elected trustees other than candidates from a list approved by the college. Shorter made a bylaw change last May requiring such approval.
Trustees also voted to seek approximately $8 million designated for capital improvement and other funds being held in the college’s name in the Georgia Baptist Foundation. Trustees filed a lawsuit Nov. 27 in an effort to retrieve those funds.
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