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Charles Goff was charged with possession of child pornography
A former volunteer youth leader at Beltway Park Church, a multi-site large Southern Baptist congregation in Abilene, Texas, has been charged with possession of child pornography.
History, liturgy, and beauty are attracting evangelicals
An article by Sarah Carter at the website Juicy Ecumenism caught my attention this week. That story, “Wheaton-to-Anglican Pipeline: Why Are Young People Turning Anglican,” describes a phenomenon I have noted here at MinistryWatch and ...
Lead Pastor Steve Gaines announces transition plan for next senior pastor
Pastor Steve Gaines has announced his retirement from Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tennessee.
Many churches use summer for international missions work. These Southern Baptists envisioned something closer to home.
A total of 1,169 mostly Southern Baptist churches in North Carolina participated in NC Cares, fielding volunteers for a week of service helping vulnerable populations including homeless people, orphans, prisoners, refugees and the elderly.
Fewer have been trained in reporting sexual abuse or caring for abuse survivors.
Almost 3 in 5 congregations affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention (58%) use background checks.
The volunteer had served in the Charlotte-based church’s student ministry for a decade
A volunteer at Hickory Grove Baptist Church, a Southern Baptist megachurch in Charlotte, North Carolina, was arrested last month after church leaders learned he had been accused of sexual abuse by a student at the ...
Since the Catholic sex abuse scandal of the early 2000s, many congregations have moved to make their churches safer for kids, but few denominations check to see if churches follow those procedures or track those ...
Southern Baptist leaders have written to U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a member and former official of their denomination, urging him to support Ukraine in Russia’s war against its Eastern European neighbor.
The program faces growing challenges as it approaches its 100th anniversary.
Feuds over politics, race and the role of women in the church — which parallel the polarization of American culture — have dominated recent denominational meetings and caused some churches to withhold their mission giving.
The school received pushback after firing an employee who refused to sign a statement affirming biblical sexuality
In January, a salaried employee since 2020 was fired from her senior director position after declining to sign Fuller’s statement of faith.
