Baptists lift voting rights of church

Wednesday, October 31, 2001

In an unprecedented move, Missouri Baptists withdrew voting privileges from Second Baptist Church in Liberty, Mo., because the church no longer is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, and put in escrow $2 million allocated in its 2002 budget for five agencies that created self-perpetuating boards.

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