Oral Arguments in Mo. Baptist Convention Appeal Over Control of Assets

Yesterday Baptist Press reported on the April 20 oral arguments in the Missouri Court of Appeals in a case that pits the Missouri Baptist Convention against five breakaway entities in a battle over who will control $240+ million in assets. The current round of arguments focused on who should represent the Missouri Baptist Convention in the litigation-- the churches or the delegates ("messengers") to the annual Convention. One of the breakaway entities, the Windermere Baptist Conference Center, controls a large retreat facility in the Ozark Mountains. The "messengers" wish to stop a large construction project underway there.