A prominent Southern Baptist church led by a former denominational president is the subject of a lawsuit that highlights how ignoring “red flags” of manipulative behavior could lead to sexual abuse.
The Rev. Rolland Slade, senior pastor of Meridian Baptist Church in El Cajon, Calif., has been elected as the first African-American chairman of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, the group that runs the business of the ...
The Southern Baptist Convention will not hold its annual meeting as it regularly does each June. But issues its members have long grappled with — including race, membership drops, and the roles of women — ...
Sandoval, who describes himself as a “Bible-based Christian” who attends nondenominational churches, spoke with Religion News Service on Wednesday (April 1) about the challenges ahead.
The Rev. Molly T. Marshall has stepped down as president of Central Baptist Theological Seminary due to an unspecified “ethical lapse,” according to a statement from the seminary. Marshall said she offered her resignation effective March ...
With reports of cases throughout the Washington metropolitan area and the pandemic declaration by the World Health Organization, “there was no question anymore,” so Struchen and other congress planners decided Wed., Mar. 11, that they had to cancel their event.
The Rev. Walter Kim, inaugurated as the new president of the National Association of Evangelicals, called on its members to address questions about their identity with a commitment to the common good.
Abuse survivor and activist Rachael Denhollander brought her advocacy to presidents of evangelical colleges, urging them at their annual conference to not discount sexual abuse but to instead support survivors who report it.