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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.
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And why do Southern Baptists keep getting mad at its leader?
Richard Land, who led the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission for a quarter-century, said he would often remind his staff that if they did their job right, they’d eventually end up in ...
Ratings Drop for CCCU, Durham Rescue Mission, Columbia International University
MinistryWatch Database Changes MinistryWatch now has more than 1,000 ministries in its database. These ministries represent more than $44 billion in total revenue, most of that donor revenue from evangelicals. The following ministries have their ...
News comes less than 12 hours after announcement saying Leatherwood was fired
(RNS) — In a head-scratching turn of events, the executive board of the Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy arm now says its leader has not been fired. On Monday evening (July 22), the SBC Ethics ...
Firing came day after Leatherwood praised Biden for withdrawing from US presidential race
The leader of the Southern Baptist Convention’s ethics and public policy entity was fired Monday (July 22), a day after he praised President Joe Biden’s decision to end his reelection bid.
Other resolutions included topics of the Hamas terrorist attack, antisemitism, religious liberty, just war theory, and calling leaders to repentance
Delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting passed a resolution Wednesday (June 12) calling for more government regulation of in vitro fertilization and urging the denomination’s members themselves pursuing IVF fertility treatments to limit ...
Ukraine, Israel to receive funds
Conservative Christian leaders who had been imploring Speaker Mike Johnson to back assistance for Ukraine and Israel in fighting their wars celebrated the House’s passage of foreign aid packages Saturday
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.
Last January, March for Life participants gathered for the first time after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, celebrating a long-sought victory even as they shifted their focus to the state level — the ...
