And, the ERLC survives another attempt to shut it down
For the second year in a row, a move to bar churches with women pastors from the nation’s largest Protestant denomination failed.
SBC’s Executive Committee has spent millions defending itself against former leaders accused of abuse.
Jennifer Lyell, a former Christian publishing executive, alleged sexual and spiritual abuse in a deposition in a defamation lawsuit filed by her former mentor David Sills.
Rollins’ lawsuit sparked a Southern Baptist abuse reckoning
Gareld Duane Rollins, whose lawsuit accusing a legendary Southern Baptist leader of abuse sparked a crisis in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, has died Friday.
Russell Moore resigns ERLC, Promise Keepers cancels events, letter of concern over Grassley’s investigation, and more.
ONE YEAR AGO: On May 21, 2024, MinistryWatch reported that Pastors Haile Nayzgi and Kiflu Gebremeskel, who were arrested for their leadership roles in the Full Gospel Church of Eritrea, had been imprisoned in that ...
Snapshot of top happenings from this past week
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Buice suspended from his church for running multiple fake social media accounts
An influential Calvinist pastor who quit the Southern Baptist Convention over concerns that it was too liberal has been suspended by his church for causing controversy online.
Privacy protection laws passed, FaithfulGive, J.D. Hall arrested, Saddleback Church ordains women pastors
ONE YEAR AGO: On May 9, 2024, MinistryWatch reported that Georgia became the 19th state in the U.S. to pass a law protecting the privacy of members, donors, and volunteers of nonprofit groups. The Personal Privacy Protection ...
But Baptisms are on the rise
The number of Southern Baptists in the United States is the lowest it has been in 50 years, but more of them seem to be showing up in church.