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Former SBC president & pastor suing SBC leaders for revealing sexual misconduct from a decade ago
Can a pastor’s sins ever really be private? Can a pastor who has made a living urging others to follow a morality code then claim his own failings are no one else’s business?
The administrative arm of the Southern Baptist Convention says it would be laying off staff. The unexpected move paints an uncertain financial picture for the organization despite the understanding that giving from member churches is ...
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Howe is the Executive Committee's fifth top leader in five years.
Officers of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee have named Jonathan Howe to serve as the group’s interim leader.
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.
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has faced a financial crisis and now a feud among board members over calls for audit
Aaron Sligar, the former pastor of Living River Chapel, a Baptist church in tiny Sutton, West Virginia, believes in the mission of the Southern Baptist Convention and encouraged his congregation for years to give generously ...
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.”
A letter from the president of the SBC's National African American Fellowship expressed concerns over recent SBC decisions to bar churches with women pastors.
Earlier this year, Southern Baptists expelled five churches from the nation’s largest Protestant denomination for having women as pastors.
The multi-campus church led by Steven Furtick did not give a reason for the exit
North Carolina megachurch Elevation—known for its popular music and charismatic pastor—is withdrawing its affiliation with the Southern Baptist Convention.
A deep dive into the trajectory of nine denominations.
Five traditions are down by at least 30%. The ELCA is down 41%. The United Church of Christ is less than half the size it was in the late 1980s. The United Methodists are already ...
