JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri judge dismissed conspiracy charges June 27 filed by the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) against four Baptist entities, but the convention may appeal the ruling. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Brown dismissed conspiracy counts against the Baptist Home, Word & Way Baptist newspaper, the Missouri Baptist Foundation and Windermere Baptist Conference Center. The judge dismissed the same counts against Missouri Baptist University June 12.
The conspiracy charges are part of legal action the MBC filed against the five entities in 2002. The convention filed the lawsuit in an attempt to require each agency to rescind changes each made to its corporate charter to elect its own trustees. In the past, messengers to MBC annual meetings elected each institution’s board members.
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