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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.
Churches find simple, direct ways to serve refugees
It happens with a couch or mattress. It happens with two chairs facing each other across a table.
Seattle Pacific Budget Cuts, J.D. Hall, Ed Litton apologizes, and The American Bible Society
On This Date at MinistryWatch: Seattle Pacific Budget Cuts, J.D. Hall, Ed Litton apologizes, and The American Bible Society
Abuse reform task force leader: ‘We took this work as far as we were allowed to take it.’
Leaders of a volunteer task force charged with implementing abuse reforms in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination say they were given an impossible task.
On Monday afternoon (June 27), Fellowship Baptist Church (FBC) of Sidney, Montana, released a statement disclosing their pastor Jordan “JD” Hall disqualified himself from pastoral ministry due to a dependency on the prescription Xanax.
Southern Baptists Change Direction on Sexual Abuse after Years of Delay
Bart Barber, the longtime pastor of a small Texas church and a frequent leader of prominent Southern Baptist committees, has been elected the next president of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Barber, 52, received 61% ...
For three minutes last summer, a call to investigate how Southern Baptist leaders have dealt with sexual abuse was dead in the water. Then a little-known denominational bylaw and a pastor from Indiana saved it.
For decades, a handful of leaders in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination treated sexual abuse survivors as enemies of the church, denied responsibility for the actions of local churches, and downplayed the number of sexual ...
Saying he wants to spend his time focusing on racial reconciliation, Southern Baptist Convention President Ed Litton announced via video Tuesday (March 1) he would not seek a second term in office.
