UPDATED (Feb 4)! Judges Rule IN FAVOR of Windermere and Against the Missouri Baptist Convention

KANSAS CITY — A three-member panel of the Western District Court of Appeals has upheld a Cole County Circuit Court decision in favor of Windermere Baptist Conference Center’s right to amend its articles of incorporation in 2001 without the approval of the Missouri Baptist Convention.

Cole County Judge Richard Callahan in March 2008 granted Windermere’s motion for summary judgment, prompting the MBC’s appeal.

MBC cases against The Baptist Home, Missouri Baptist University, Missouri Baptist Foundation and Word&Way have not yet been decided.

Word&Way will soon post a fuller story on the latest decision.

See latest information from The Word and Way (here)
and more extensively (here).

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IN-DEPTH COVERAGE from The Springfield News Leader
(here).

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READ THE COURT'S DECISION
(here - pdf required).
(This link was borrowed from Brian Kaylor's insightful blog.)

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Appeals court sides with Missouri Baptist conference center
By Vicki Brown (Associated Baptist Press)
Tuesday, 03 February 2009
February 4, 2009
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Appeals Court Affirms Trial Judge in Windermere Case
MBC Pathway,
the official journal of the Missouri Baptist Convention
February 4, 2009
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Appeals Court Rules Against Mo. Convention
EthicsDaily.com Staff
February 4, 2009
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WINDERMERE'S WEBSITE (HERE)

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