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SBC has spent more than $3M in legal fees on the Hunt case
(RNS) — A federal judge ruled against former Southern Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt on Monday (March 31), rejecting his claims of defamation against Guidepost Solutions and nearly all the former megachurch pastor’s claims against ...
The following stories had the most page views at the MinistryWatch website during the month of March.
Largest portion of revenue goes to personnel expenses.
According to its annual report for 2024, Elevation Church led by Steven Furtick had less income in 2024 than it did in 2023. Total revenue from tithes and offerings for the multi-campus megachurch was $91.35 ...
Most of the nation’s largest seminaries are evangelical.
Seminary enrollment is up, according to data collected by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS), an accrediting agency for seminaries.
David Dockery’s leadership gets much of the credit
It has been a rough couple of decades for Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Steve Lawson breaks silence, Robert Morris indicted, plus database changes and ministries that joined ECFA
Each week, we highlight ministries in our database that have had rating changes, plus a brief explanation about why it matters.
The U.S. Department of Justice has informed the Southern Baptist Convention that its investigation into the SBC and its entities is closed.
American Bible Society closes museum, Johnny Hunt sues SBC, Brian Houston resigns, Kanakuk abuse website goes live, SBC cancels annual meeting
ONE YEAR AGO: On March 13, 2024, MinistryWatch reported that the American Bible Society planned to close its Faith and Liberty Discovery Center in Philadelphia. Read more here. TWO YEARS AGO: On March 20, 2023, MinistryWatch ...
Series of lawsuits by pastors accused of abuse has left SBC unable to pay its legal bills
In mid-February, Southern Baptist Convention leaders received grim news. The denomination’s Executive Committee was essentially broke.
Focus will be on training churches to use other databases and background checks.
A proposed online database that would list the names of abusive Southern Baptist pastors is now on hold, with no names likely to be added to the website by the denomination’s annual meeting this summer.
