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Former SBC presidents sign open letter in defense of denomination’s ethics and public policy arm
A group of 10 former Southern Baptist Convention presidents have weighed in on a debate over the denomination’s controversial ethics and public policy arm.
SBC has spent more than $3M in legal fees on the Hunt case
(RNS) — A federal judge ruled against former Southern Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt on Monday (March 31), rejecting his claims of defamation against Guidepost Solutions and nearly all the former megachurch pastor’s claims against ...
SBC report details where churches stand in membership, attendance, baptisms and abuse reforms
The bad news for Southern Baptists is that the denomination, the nation’s largest Protestant group, shrunk in 2023, with a drop of about a quarter-million people.
Leaders of two major Southern Baptist mission boards said they will not help fund a proposed independent nonprofit meant to implement the denomination’s abuse reforms.
The new nonprofit will oversee abuse database and reforms
Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention’s abuse reform task force announced plans Monday (Feb. 19) to launch a new, independent nonprofit to host a database of abuse pastors and to implement other reforms.
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OPINION--Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) President Bart Barber made a big mistake.
Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) President Bart Barber released a statement early Monday morning (Oct. 30) saying he takes “full responsibility” for the amicus brief that was submitted to the Kentucky Supreme Court on behalf of ...
Southern Baptists and other evangelical leaders call on policymakers to protect the lives of innocents and say Hamas is the enemy, not Palestinians.
American evangelical Christian leaders responded Wednesday (Oct. 11) to the attacks on Israel by Hamas by issuing a letter calling for moral clarity, both supporting Israel’s right to defend itself and proclaiming the need to ...
Meeting in Nashville, leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee look for a way past the denomination’s current woes.
Since 2019, the SBC has been reckoning with political divides, fights over doctrine, leadership failures and a sexual abuse crisis.
