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SBC leaders disagree about abuse reform, Saddleback Church ousted from SBC, RZIM misconduct report, Olivet University executives plead guilty, Bill Gothard on leave
ONE YEAR AGO: On Feb. 20, 2024, MinistryWatch reported that leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention’s abuse reform task force announced plans to launch a new, independent nonprofit to host a database of abuse pastors ...
School has been in financial and enrollment freefall for past few years
A big real estate deal has erased $4.2 million in short-term debt held by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Churches fined for sheltering homeless during cold, Johnny Hunt, ACNA, Nyack College, Vision Church adds staff psychic
ONE YEAR AGO: On Jan. 19, 2024, MinistryWatch reported that churches were being fined for providing shelter to homeless persons during bitterly cold weather. One of the churches, Dad’s Place, is continuing its court battle ...
The Bible teaches us that what we call things matters
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an excerpt from Warren Smith’s forthcoming book A Lover’s Quarrel with the Evangelical Church, to be published by MinistryWatch in January. The ancient parable of the Blind Men and the ...
IMB missionaries work to nurture relationships with SBC’s 47K churches
Church Connections is the IMB’s effort to connect, nurture and deepen relationships with the Southern Baptist Convention’s 47,000 churches so congregations can hear and rejoice over what God is doing around the world.
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Southern Baptists and the Salvation Army were preparing before storm hit landfall
Even before Hurricane Helene made landfall in the United States, faith-based disaster groups were on the move.
SBC and former president likely headed to trial
Court-ordered mediation between a former Southern Baptist Convention president and lawyers for the nation’s largest Protestant denomination failed last week — meaning the dispute between the two parties is likely headed to a trial in ...
Abuse related costs exceed $12 million
An investigation into how leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention have dealt with sexual abuse by clergy has cost more than $12 million over the past three years, causing the nation’s largest Protestant denomination to ...
Suspect’s previous jobs were focused on children and youth
A Baptist pastor’s long history of working with children is raising questions after his arrest for child sexual abuse.
