Retired pastor Nelson Price, a leading conservative among Baptists in Georgia and the Southern Baptist Convention, was named acting trustee chair at Shorter College following a long legal battle that ended with the Georgia Baptist Convention retaining control of the school

Retired pastor Nelson Price, a leading conservative among Baptists in Georgia and the Southern Baptist Convention, was named acting trustee chair at Shorter College following a long legal battle that ended with the Georgia Baptist Convention retaining control of the school. Shorter College's lawsuit against the Georgia Baptist Convention came to an official end October 7, said outgoing chair Gary Eubanks of Marietta.

A consent order, based on a Georgia Supreme Court ruling last May in favor of the GBC, disposed of all remaining issues in the protracted legal battle. In a 4-3 decision, the court ruled that trustees of the Baptist college in northwest Georgia acted improperly when they shifted ownership of the college to a newly created foundation with a self-perpetuating board.

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