JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Two of the five breakaway Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) institutions — Missouri Baptist College and the Missouri Baptist Foundation — have filed counter-lawsuits against the MBC.
Named as defendants are the MBC and the six Missouri Southern Baptist churches that have joined in a declaratory judgment petition seeking to restore the five entities’ accountability to MBC churches. The counter-lawsuits, also filed in Cole County Circuit Court, alleges that the MBC nominating committee violated the MBC constitution by announcing its guidelines for nominations.
Missouri Baptist College’s counter-suit contends that the nominating committee did not consult enough with the college as to its wishes for nominees. The suit also contends the convention did not give enough deference to the college’s requests for nominees.
The Missouri Baptist Foundation’s lawsuit asks the court to rule that everything the foundation did in its breakaway activities was aboveboard and legal.
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