The Executive Board of the Missouri Baptist Convention v. Missouri Baptist Foundation

The Missouri Baptist Foundation appeals the trial court’s entry of judgment in favor of the Executive Board of the Missouri Baptist Convention. 1 The judgment declared that amendments made by the Foundation to its organizational documents in 2001 were void; those amendments had the effect of eliminating various rights of the Convention to oversee and influence the Foundation’s actions. The court found the amendments to be void because, they were adopted without the Convention’s pri- or review and approval, as required by the Foundation’s governing documents.

On appeal, the Foundation argues…