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SBC leaders disagree about abuse reform, Saddleback Church ousted from SBC, RZIM misconduct report, Olivet University executives plead guilty, Bill Gothard on leave
ONE YEAR AGO: On Feb. 20, 2024, MinistryWatch reported that leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention’s abuse reform task force announced plans to launch a new, independent nonprofit to host a database of abuse pastors ...
Christian ministries targeted in India, Saddleback Church, ACNA Bishop Stewart Ruch, Investigation at Menlo Park Church, and car donations
On This Date at MinistryWatch: Christian ministries targeted in India, Saddleback Church, ACNA Bishop Stewart Ruch, Investigation at Menlo Park Church, and car donations
The state group cites decline in Cooperative Program giving
The California Southern Baptist Convention has cut staff jobs, citing an ongoing decline in giving.
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.
Lancaster County Community Foundation, J.D. Hall, and Saddleback Church Hiring Women Pastors
ONE YEAR AGO: On May 8, 2023, MinistryWatch reported that Christian groups had pulled out of participating in the Lancaster County Community Foundation’s ExtraGive event over concerns about its nondiscrimination and anti-hate policies. An alternative ...
New accusers came forward while alleged perpetrator awaited retrial.
Ruven Meulenberg, a former volunteer and youth mentor at Saddleback Church, has been charged with five felony acts of lewdness with a child.
Saddleback Church, Ravi Zacharias Ministries, David Jang, and Bill Gothard
Last year, MinistryWatch reported that Saddleback Church, the megachurch long led by Rick Warren, was ousted from the Southern Baptist Convention for naming a woman to its pastoral team, against SBC teaching.
Committee also voted out Kentucky church for having woman pastor
Trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention voted to cut ties with four churches, including two for alleged mismanagement of sexual abuse.
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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.”
