Fla. convention to appeal jury judgment

An attorney for the Florida Baptist Convention has voiced confidence that a judgment by a jury to award $12.5 million to a man molested by a former church planting pastor will be overturned on appeal. “That confidence is based, in large part, on the jury’s express finding that Myers was an independent pastor who was […]

Network’s leader: ‘take the high road’ in response to Zimmerman verdict

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story quoting Eugene McCormick, a Florida Baptist Convention staff member who is president of the Southern Baptist Black Denominational Servant’s Network, is adapted from a larger story about Baptist leaders’ reaction to the acquittal of George Zimmerman of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, published July 18 by the […]