Petros Baptist Church

Channel 5 in Nashville has reported

Belmont University and the Tennessee Baptist Convention reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed by the Baptists. The Southern Baptist organization and the Nashville university have been at odds for more than a year over Belmont’s efforts to diversify its board with more Christian trustees who aren’t Baptists. The convention filed a $58 million lawsuit against the school it has supported for 56 years. Belmont officials said the settlement agreement will end their relationship. Belmont will pay the convention $1 million next year and $250,000 for each of the next 40 years.

So now for the next 40 years we Tennessee Baptists will have to bear the label “the group that sues their brothers in Christ.” How very, very sad.