Leaders of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination face a pair of new lawsuits that accuse the denomination of covering up sexual abuse in local churches.
McLaurin is the third Executive Committee leader to resign in controversy since 2018.
Willie McLaurin, the acting president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, resigned suddenly on Thursday (Aug. 17) after admitting he had falsified his resume.
Warren argues that the debate is far larger than what might happen to the church he founded.
Days before the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting, former megachurch pastor Rick Warren has appealed to his fellow Southern Baptists to overturn a denominational decision to oust his Saddleback Church because it permits women to ...
The former SBC leader and his family have a network of ventures doing business with the SBC
Well-known Southern Baptist Convention leader and pastor Johnny Hunt has occupied positions within the denomination that provided access for his and his family’s network of nonprofit and for-profit businesses.
The Southern Baptist Conventions’ top administrative body voted to cut ties with two congregations on Tuesday—an LGBTQ-affirming church in North Carolina that had itself quit the denomination decades ago and a New Jersey congregation it ...
A week before the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting, when a massive report about its leaders’ mishandling of sexual abuse claims was already drawing attention, Executive Committee Chairman Rolland Slade was asked to read Scripture ...