IRONTON — The Baptist Home board unanimously voted February 26, 2019 to cease further appeals in the 17-year civil case over the issue of governance. The board action to not appeal ends one of the longest civil cases in Missouri jurisprudence. The Missouri Western District Court of Appeals ruled February 19 in favor of the Missouri Baptist Convention. In 2002 the MBC brought suit against The Baptist Home over whether The Baptist Home had the legal right to change its charter without the … [Read more...]
MBCH celebrates 20 salvations
BRIDGETON – Trustees for Missouri Baptist Children’s Home (MBCH) gathered Jan. 22 at the main campus here to conduct the business of the ministry, noting 46 children found permanent, Christian homes in the last quarter of last year, and 177 in 2018. In residential services, MBCH Children and Family Ministries (CFM) reports an increase in the number of youth served in therapeutic group homes – 67 in 2018 compared to 55 in 2017. The numbers in MBCH transitional living programs – both group … [Read more...]
Dockery appoints members to SBU Peer Assessment Committee
BOLIVAR, Mo. (SBU) — Dr. David Dockery, chair of Southwest Baptist University’s Peer Assessment Committee to discuss faith, learning and orthodoxy at the university, has appointed five additional committee members. Committee members are: Dr. David Dockery, committee chair, is president of Trinity International University in Chicago and previously served as president of Union University in Jackson, Tenn., for almost two decades. He is a respected leader in Southern Baptist higher … [Read more...]
SBU trustees uphold professor’s dismissal, censure and exclude one trustee, affirm BFM 2000
EDITOR'S NOTE: To read previous coverage of this situation at SBU, click here and here. BOLIVAR – Last week, the Educational Policies and Personnel Committee of Southwest Baptist University’s board of trustees affirmed the administration’s decision to dismiss a tenured professor for alleged violations of the SBU Faculty Handbook and the “ethical and professional canons of the teaching profession.” Meanwhile, in a special called meeting of SBU’s full board, Jan. 22, a majority of the … [Read more...]
SBU trustees call special board meeting
BOLIVAR – Southwest Baptist University trustees scheduled a special called board meeting for Jan. 22 to hear a report from the trustee board’s Executive Committee and from the Educational Policies and Personnel Committee. The executive session was scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Last month, the Educational Policies and Personnel Committee took under advisement the appeal of a tenured professor, Clint Bass, who disputes a notice of immediate dismissal that was issued by the administration, … [Read more...]
MBF trustees meet, mark Franks’ first year
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Foundation Board of Trustees met for its regular annual meeting on Dec. 14. The Board received and approved its fiscal year 2018 audit showing $143.9 million in assets under management, welcomed a new trustee, a new staff member, heard reports from its Outsourced Chief Investment Officer, Commonfund and closed with a recognition of Foundation Corporate Secretary, Diane Reed. MBF President, Dr. Neil Franks and Board Chair, Larry Shoaf, welcomed … [Read more...]
SBU confers degrees upon 204 graduates in winter commencement ceremonies
BOLIVAR – Southwest Baptist University graduated 204 students at two winter 2018 commencement ceremonies in the Jane and Ken Meyer Wellness and Sports Center on the Bolivar campus. The SBU Mercy College of Nursing and Health Sciences held its commencement on Thursday, Dec. 13, and the ceremony for all other graduates was held on Friday, Dec. 14. “Our graduates are extraordinary people, working diligently to achieve this milestone,” said SBU President Eric Turner. “Our faculty, as you … [Read more...]
Amid alleged confessional concerns, SBU to evaluate ‘faith and learning’
(Editor's note: This is one of two related stories. See SBU trustees weighing former professor’s appeal.) BOLIVAR – Amid expressions of doctrinal and confessional concerns about some faculty members in its Redford College of Theology and Ministry, Southwest Baptist University has commissioned an “external peer assessment committee” to foster “dialogue regarding faith and learning,” including “deeper conversations and evaluations regarding orthodoxy” within the university. David … [Read more...]
SBU trustees weighing professor’s appeal
(Editor's note: This is one of two related stories. See Amid alleged confessional concerns, SBU to evaluate 'faith and learning'.) BOLIVAR – A Southwest Baptist University trustee committee has taken under advisement the appeal of a tenured professor, Clint Bass, who disputes a notice of immediate dismissal that was issued by the administration last year for alleged violations of the SBU Faculty Handbook and the “ethical and professional canons of the teaching profession.” Bass, a … [Read more...]
SBU prof’s firing, university’s theology discussed
BOLIVAR, Mo. (BP) – As a former Southwest Baptist University professor appeals his termination for allegedly accusing faculty colleagues of deviating from theological orthodoxy, the university has commissioned an "external peer assessment" to include "evaluations regarding orthodoxy" on the Bolivar, Mo., campus. In the month since SBU's Nov. 28 termination of Clint Bass, assistant professor of theology and philosophy, online discussion has included a petition calling for the university's … [Read more...]
SBU lends students, faculty member to DR efforts
BRISTOL, Fla. – The holidays generally are a time of family, friends, food, gifts and togetherness. But for the Southwest Baptist University Disaster Relief team, it was an opportunity to help others in their time of need. Led by Gabe Craig, a senior chemistry education and intercultural studies major from Park Hills, the SBU team of Sara McDonald, Hannah Gibbs, Jacob Showers and Haden Liska spent their Thanksgiving break in Bristol, Fla., helping residents clean up after Hurricane … [Read more...]
Soli Deo gloria: Handel’s ‘Messiah’ lifts Christ high
COLUMBIA – On a cold, clear night in November, a crowd of 1,700 people gathered at Jesse Hall on the campus of the University of Missouri. They sat in rapt silence for nearly three hours as Scripture was unfolded, telling the story of Christ. It began with the prophecies of Isaiah, moved onto His birth in Luke, wound through His ministry and death in the Gospels, celebrated His resurrection with shouts of Hallelujah, and ended with selections from Revelation in anticipation of His second … [Read more...]
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