By Bob Allen Southern Baptist Convention President Ronnie Floyd has turned down an Arkansas couple’s request that he appoint a special committee to investigate whether LifeWay Christian Resources trustees acted improperly in the 2013 sale of Glorieta Conference Center for…
Judge dismisses Glorieta lawsuit; appeal expected
By Bob Allen A federal judge has dismissed a $12.4 million lawsuit challenging the 2013 sale of Glorieta Conference Center for $1, finding that the homeowners who sued without representation by a lawyer failed to meet the legal standard required…
Glorieta lawsuit reassigned to new judge
By Bob Allen A lawsuit challenging LifeWay Christian Resources’s sale of Glorieta Conference Center in 2013 has been reassigned to a new judge. In September U.S. District Judge James Browning in Albuquerque, N.M., upheld most but not all recommendations by…
State engineer orders Glorieta to cease pumping water
By Ken Camp After a site visit to Glorieta Conference Center, New Mexico’s state engineer ordered the camp — which Southern Baptists’ LifeWay Christian Resources sold to an independent Christian camping organization — to cease pumping water into its pond…
Federal magistrate recommends dismissal of Glorieta lawsuit
By Ken Camp A federal magistrate in Albuquerque, N.M., has recommended a U.S. District Court dismiss suits filed by leaseholders of property at Glorieta Conference Center against LifeWay Christian Resources and other parties. The magistrate also recommended denying a request…
Are church camps, conference centers going away?
What is your most memorable experience at a church camp or conference center? Write it down quickly before these camps and conference centers disappear. My first remembrance of Ridgecrest Conference Center in western North Carolina is when I was five…
Rainer says sale of Glorieta, worth millions but sold for $1, was ‘tough decision’
By Bob Allen Glorieta Conference Center would have been worth millions of dollars to a commercial developer, but it was sold last year for $1 because leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention agency owning the property say they wanted the…
Glorieta case remains in federal court despite challenge
By Bob Allen A judge in New Mexico ruled March 20 that a federal court has jurisdiction over a lawsuit challenging last year’s sale of Glorieta Conference Center and lifted a stay so that the case can proceed. U.S. Magistrate…
Papers filed in Glorieta lawsuit
By Bob Allen An Arkansas couple suing Southern Baptist Convention officials in federal court claim that secular courts have jurisdiction over the internal workings of a church when it involves property disputes or misuse of its articles of incorporation. In…