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.
Author and speaker Trillia Newbell was minding her own business this week, “doing the good work the Lord planned for me,” when she was drawn into another Southern Baptist controversy.
Hobby Lobby has filed a lawsuit demanding the return of the more than $7 million it paid an Egyptian professor to purchase ancient papyri fragments it says were stolen.
Name change not an attempt to distance itself from Baptist roots
The Baptist Foundation of Oklahoma has rebranded itself as WatersEdge. The name change came at the end of a process that began three years ago and was made official in November 2020.
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 ...
Mission Aviation Fellowship
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) began in 1945 as “Christian Airmen’s Missionary Fellowship”, providing aviation transportation to missionaries to reach isolated people groups with Christ’s love.
A small Christian university outside Philadelphia shuttered its highly regarded social work program partly because school officials say the accrediting agency was attempting to impose sexuality and gender values that don't align with the university's ...
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.
Two Southern Baptist pastors will seek an investigation into allegations that the highest echelons of the Southern Baptist Convention mishandled several sex abuse claims and bullied sex abuse victims.
Nearly 6 out of 10 charitable donors said they will be ready to participate in in-person fundraising events starting this summer, provided certain conditions are met.
