JEFFERSON CITY - The Organizational Study Group of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) will hold its first meeting Feb. 8 at the Baptist Building - with a creative twist.
ROACH - A worker for Tony Lee Logging of Seymour prepares to haul off a load of timber from the 943 acres of timberland at Windermere Baptist Conference Center in December 2005. At the time the land was owned by National City Bank, which sold it to William R. Jester of Springfield in February Of 2006. Jester filed for bankruptcy January 14. See stories below.
Windermere Development Company, LLC, (WDC) filed a petition in federal bankruptcy court on January 14, just two hours before a foreclosure sale was set to occur on the Camden County courthouse steps, initiated by lender Consolidated Mortgage, and involving 943 acres formerly owned by Windermere Baptist Conference Center.