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Plus, other notable ministry happenings from this week.
In this week's Weekly Review, Southwest Baptist University's ratings rise while Taylor University's ratings fall. Plus, top stories, ECFA membership, database changes — and other notable ministry happenings from this past week.
SBC’s new statement from its annual meeting does not mention a path to legal status for immigrants.
At its annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, Southern Baptists opposed amnesty, political violence, and antisemitism. In a departure from resolutions dating to 2006, the SBC's new statement does not mention a path to legal status ...
Rice’s win is a triumph for critics who argue the SBC has lost its way in recent years.
Florida pastor Willy Rice has been elected SBC president. His win is a triumph for critics who argue the nation's largest protestant denomination has lost its way in recent years.
From sexual abuse reforms to immigration and women preachers, Southern Baptists face defining votes.
Over the past decade, members of the Southern Baptist Convention have touted the denomination’s diversity, sought to keep sexual abusers away from churches and passed statements advocating for immigration reform and a path to legal ...
Membership down, engagement and baptisms up
SBC membership decline continues, but baptisms and engagement rise.
Plus, embryo donations, abortion pill access, and new SBC attendance numbers
In this week's Signs & Wonders, NRB vs. FCC, embryo adoptions, abortion pill access, and new SBC attendance numbers.
Plus Faith and Liberty Discovery Center to close, Johnny Hunt sues SBC, Brian Houston resigns
Looking back at MinistryWatch stories from this date in years' past: The growth of philanthropic advising, plus Faith and Liberty Discovery Center closing, Johnny Hunt sues SBC, Brian Houston resigns.
Other SBC-related defendants seek summary judgment in defamation case
Michael David Sills and his wife Mary are no longer seeking damages against the estate of the late Jennifer Lyell in a lawsuit stemming from Lyell’s accusation of sexual abuse against Sills.
SBC puts HQ on the market, Chi Alpha leader indicted, lawsuit against “apostle” David E. Taylor, and more.
ONE YEAR AGO: On September 19, 2024, MinistryWatch reported that the Southern Baptist Convention put its Nashville, Tennessee, headquarters up for sale to help cover the $12 million that the denomination has spent dealing with ...
Once the largest Baptist church in Alabama, this congregation is downsizing
Another church that once was among the largest in the Southern Baptist Convention is selling its property and downsizing.
