Southern Baptist Convention Archives - Page 2 of 26 - MinistryWatch
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.
Guidepost hotline will continue through at least end of 2025
The Southern Baptist Convention’s Office for Abuse Prevention and Response has launched a revamped helpline for those needing assistance with matters related to sexual abuse.
Leatherwood led the embattled SBC public policy arm almost four years
Brent Leatherwood, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, has resigned.
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.
