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The amendment would have to added ‘only men’ pastors language to constitution
Southern Baptists failed to adopt a change in their constitution that would explicitly state that “only men” can be “any kind of pastor” in affiliated churches.
After more than two years of uncertainty and at times, chaos, the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee has a new president.
Contradictory statements further strain relationships between abuse survivors and SBC
Last week, lawyers for the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee say they were contacted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and were told an investigation into the committee’s handling ...
Department of Justice closes investigation into SBC Executive Committee’s handling of abuse
Federal officials have concluded an investigation of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee with no charges being filed.
The Executive Committee has been without a permanent leader since 2021
The Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, has failed again in its search for a new leader for its Executive Committee, which handles the denomination’s business between annual meetings.
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.
Howe is the Executive Committee's fifth top leader in five years.
Officers of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee have named Jonathan Howe to serve as the group’s interim leader.
Issue now moving to the states
A month after Southern Baptists confirmed the expulsion of churches for allowing women in pastoral roles, the Baptist General Convention of Texas urged its staff to continue to affirm women in “ministerial and leadership roles.”
