Church Archives - Page 165 of 201 - MinistryWatch
Ed Litton, senior pastor of Redemption Church in Saraland, Alabama, was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention during a session of the SBC’s annual meeting Tuesday (June 15).
As the delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting gathered on Monday (June 14) in Nashville, Tennessee, for the next day’s opening gavel, the denomination’s Executive Committee rejected a request to broaden an inquiry ...
Eight survivors of sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention have issued a statement ahead of the opening session of the denomination’s 2021 meeting calling for an outside organization to oversee an audit of sexual ...
Last December, a Best Western Hotel maid interrupted Andrew Weaver, the 29-year-old youth pastor of Highlands Church of Christ in Lakeland, Florida, as he was about to have sex with a 17-year-old student in his ...
Responding to allegations that it has mishandled allegations of abuse in the past, the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee announced Friday (June 11) that it had retained a firm to “conduct an independent review of ...
A jury has imposed a half-million dollar fine against a Georgia pastor who went to trial for sexual abuse of a young congregant after he refused an offer to publicly apologize for his actions to ...
Newly released audio clips from a Southern Baptist whistleblower appear to corroborate accusations Southern Baptist Convention leaders were reluctant to take action against churches accused of mishandling abuse.
The chairman of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee plans to call for an independent investigation into the committee’s handling of sexual abuse claims when it meets next week in Nashville, Tennessee.
Lawyers for Louisiana pastor Tony Spell asked a federal appeals court this week to resurrect a suit he had filed last summer decrying restrictions on worship during the pandemic, even though the state’s rules have ...
Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren on Sunday (June 6) announced the church will begin the official search for his successor, signaling he will retire after 40 years in his pulpit.
