In order to meet the need for people to read the key documents in the legal case against NAMB for the rights of Baptist churches, organization, and ministers, along with the McRaneys, the following links are provided to key documents. This list will be updating as things progress and time allows. For additional study, you can review the website for other related evidence.
Legal Complaint – McRaney v NAMB Complaint 12.7.22
SCOTUS…
26- Petition only SCOTUS McRaney vs NAMB 2026 – Filed January 6, 2026
5th Circuit…
Doc 21-1 Appeal Brief filed by McRaney Oct 31 2023
200+ Baptist Leader’s Publish Open Letter to SBC & NAMB Leaders 2024
Doc 145 – Dissenting Opinion for McRaney 5th Circuit 2025
Doc 145 – Revised Opinion 5th Circuit 2025 — full opinion – majority and dissenting
quote from page 33 “It is obviously sufficient to trigger the church autonomy doctrine that a higher ecclesial body made a decision that binds an inferior ecclesial body.
Question– Are SBC entities “higher ecclesial” bodies than “inferior” bodies such as State Baptist Conventions or Associations or local church bodies? Does the SBC set doctrine for any of those bodies or control them?
Other Key Documents by Baptist Leaders & Court Filing Highlights
Court and Baptist Expert Witness Report by Dr. Barry Hankins – Supporting Religious Liberty on behalf of current and historical Baptist people and positions
ERLC amicus brief to 5th Circuit for NAMB seeking En Banc containing false statements by Russell Moore regarding the SBC, State Conventions and Baptists. Moore, with NAMB’s initiative and documented knowledge prior to the filing, talked about the SBC as a hierarchy and the SBC being an umbrella organization for Baptists and Baptist bodies, which is completely false and dangerous.
Privilege Log – Evidence showing NAMB initiated and had advance copy of ERLC filing falsely claiming SBC was umbrella organization and Baptists bodies and SBC was a hierarchy– court required and submitted log of communications between Thomas Moore Society, ERLC and NAMB representatives
Court Filed Quotes and Claims by NAMB and ERLC to SBC EC – from US District Court, 5th Circuit and Supreme Court of the United States. NAMB Trustee chairman Jonathan Jarboe and 2nd Vice Chairman Josh Reavis publicly opposed the motion for a study to be done on NAMB’s filings to the courts at the SBC annual meeting in 2024. Was this the information Jarboe and Reavis are afraid to both own as NAMB trustees and afraid a SBC appointed study group would discover?
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