Mealey's (June 28, 2021, 12:14 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on June 28 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by The North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention Inc. (NAMB) seeking a ruling on church autonomy decisions after the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reinstated a former board director’s defamation lawsuit....