Monrovia – A popular religious education facility, the Baptist Theological Seminary off the Robertsfield highway has been put up for sale following a writ of Execution from the Resident Judge of the Labor Court for all properties of the entity to be sold for failure to pay debt.
In a Writ of Execution issued by His Honor, Judge S. Comfort Natt, the properties of the Baptist Seminary should be put on sale in other to raise money to settle the entity’s obligation to Dr. Lincoln S. Brownell of the City of Monrovia.
The mandate of the court through the Writ of Execution grew out of the case Dr. Lincoln S. Brownell of the City of Monrovia movant versus the management of Baptist Theological Seminary as respondent.
The Writ of Execution states: “You are hereby commanded to seize and expose for sale the lands, goods, chattels of the Management of Baptist Theological Seminary (Liberia) by and through its President the final amount and if the sum realized therefrom is not sufficient, then seize their real property until you shall have realized the full amount mentioned herein above and if you cannot find any lands, goods chattels of the said respondent/appellant, you are hereby commanded to arrest the agent/president and bring him forthwith before the National Labor Court, Temple of Justice to be dealt with before the National Labor Court, Temple of Justice to be dealt with according to the law unless he will pay the sum or show property to seize and sell for the amount and upon receiving from said sale or otherwise said sum of money, you are further commanded to pay the said amount owed the above named Appellee, the sum of the money necessary to satisfy the judgment herein, and reserve unto yourself the costs of money made known to this court at the next sitting to be held on the first Thursday of June A.D. 2016, same being the 9th Day of June 2016”.
Dr. Brownell served as President of Seminary before his removal in 2007 by the former President of the Liberia Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention.
.In October, 2013, Dr. Brownell sued the Baptist Seminary in the National Labour Court seeking legal redress to his removal.
The Labor Court ruled for the Baptist Seminary to pay over US$300,000 in damages to its former president, Dr. Brownell.
The Seminary was shut down in 2014 based on order from the same Labor court. The seminary has been serving as training center for those pursing studies in theology.
During the dispute over leadership that led to the removal of Dr. Brownell, a Mercer University professor served the Liberia Baptist Theological Seminary as President for a year as he was inducted March 13 as sixth president Seminary.
Richard Wilson, Columbus Roberts Professor of Theology and chair of the Roberts Department of Christianity at Mercer, assumed office and served for a period in attempt to settle the local dispute.
