FERGUSON, Mo. (BP)—When The Passage Church, on the border of the St. Louis suburbs of Florissant and Ferguson, partnered with local church plants to initiate a cleanup effort of the area following Sunday night’s rioting and looting and multiple days of heated protests, they weren’t doing anything new. “We bring in anywhere between 8 to 15 mission teams every summer to serve the cities of Florissant and Ferguson — putting on block parties and reaching out to the community,” said Joe … [Read more...]
UPDATE: Windermere leader arrested for attempted unlawful sex with an animal
COLUMBIA – Windermere Baptist Conference Center’s president and chief executive officer was arrested here Aug. 5 and stands accused of soliciting for -- and attempting to have -- sex with a dog. Boone County Sheriff’s Department Cyber Crimes Task Force detectives arrested Jerald (Jerry) Lee Hill, 56, of Roach, MO, following an investigation that began in late July when Hill posted an ad on Craigslist soliciting for an animal with which to have sex. A detective with the Boone County … [Read more...]
Q&A: Windermere Redemption Project
The Missouri Baptist Convention has purchased from a third party approximately 970 acres of land formerly part of the MBC’s Windermere Baptist Conference Center. The Executive Board’s redemption of 75 percent of the camp’s original 1,300 acres follows a recommendation by a Board-appointed study group. Please see the news release for further details. Q: What is the reasoning behind this action? A: There are three primary reasons the Board voted to acquire this lan 1) … [Read more...]
BREAKING: MBC redeems 970 acres at Windermere
The Missouri Baptist Convention has purchased from a third party approximately 970 acres of land formerly part of the MBC’s Windermere Baptist Conference Center (WBCC). The Executive Board’s redemption of 75 percent of the camp’s original 1,300 acres follows a recommendation by a Board-appointed study group. The land features about 8,000 feet of shoreline on the Niangua Arm of the Lake of the Ozarks, surrounding approximately 350 acres upon which Windermere’s conference facilities … [Read more...]
Judge orders Foundation to pay MBC $5.5 million
Circuit Court Senior Judge Frank Conley has ruled that the Missouri Baptist Foundation must pay the Missouri Baptist Convention roughly $5.5 million in legal fees and costs that the MBC has incurred seeking to restore the Foundation after its board voted in 2001 to become self-perpetuating. The long-anticipated ruling in Cole County affirms a 2010 judgment, in which Judge Paul Wilson, who now sits on the Missouri Supreme Court, ruled that the convention has the right to recover the … [Read more...]
Windermere Case Closed
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday denied the Missouri Baptist Convention’s bid for a jury trial to determine the legal ownership of Windermere Baptist Conference Center. The court’s ruling ended the MBC’s legal efforts to regain WBCC after its board of trustees voted to become self-perpetuating in 2001. The Supreme Court’s refusal to hear an appeal leaves in place a decision handed down March 25 by the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, in Springfield, which had upheld a … [Read more...]
Documentary on Joplin Tornadoes
JOPLIN – Where is God in the midst of a storm? Specifically, where was God in the 2011 EF5 tornado that killed 158 people and caused more than a billion dollars in damage in Joplin? What about the 2013 EF5 tornado that killed 24 and inured nearly 400 in Moore, Okla. last year? A new documentary, “Where Was God? Stories of Hope After the Storm,” attempts to answer that question. During an interview with The Pathway, Oklahoma film maker Chris Forbes said the short answer is that He was … [Read more...]
Appeals court hears MBC appeal of Windermere
SPRINGFIELD – Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) attorneys on March 3 asked an appeals court to reverse a trial judge’s refusal last April to permit a jury trial in MBC’s decade-long effort to recover Windermere Baptist Conference Center (WBCC). A three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Southern District heard oral arguments in a Springfield courtroom that was packed with spectators, in spite of icy road conditions across the state. Attorney Michael Whitehead … [Read more...]
Pro-life General Assembly owed much-deserved thanks
As the Missouri General Assembly approaches its spring break, no less than 28 bills have been introduced in an effort to protect the unborn and health of the mother. Missouri is among the top three states with the most abortion restrictions introduced this year, according to Elizabeth Nash, the state policy director for the Guttmacher Institute, an abortion rights and research group. Such activity bears witness to the prayer warriors and pro-life activists determined to make abortions rare … [Read more...]
SBU formalizes fifth academic chair position during Founders’ Day
BOLIVAR – Southwest Baptist University (SBU) formalized its fifth academic chair and awarded two honorary doctorates during the annual Founders’ Day chapel March 10 in Pike Auditorium. “We sincerely appreciate Al and Rosemary McCord for their generous donation to establish the Courts Redford Chair of Biblical Studies,” said SBU President C. Pat Taylor. “We also are pleased to be able to honor two of our alumni who have made significant contributions in business and military service. … [Read more...]
Strategos brings security to the Bootheel
SIKESTON – Pastors and other church leaders from around the state gathered in the bootheel for the Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) first 2014 church security and intruder awareness training here at Miner Baptist Church, Feb. 15. During the first decade of the millennium, instances of church violence in the United States increased tenfold, according to one report. And violence can strike anywhere. For this reason, Tim Kile and Erik Baileygaines of Strategos International equipped 61 … [Read more...]
ACLU attacks marriage in Missouri
KANSAS CITY – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Feb. 11 asking a state court judge to force Missouri to recognize same sex marriages of Missouri residents who were wed in states where it was lawful. While the lawsuit does not explicitly ask the court to nullify the Missouri Marriage Amendment, the legal argument used by the ACLU will inevitably lead to that result if the courts accept it, said attorney Mike Whitehead. “The eventual goal of this lawsuit is to … [Read more...]
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