Roger Oldham
Southern Baptist leaders cut ties with California LGBT-affirming church
By Adelle M. Banks — September 24, 2014
(RNS) “We believe that ... New Heart Community Church has walked away from the Southern Baptist Convention’s core biblical values,” said Roger Oldham, a spokesman for the denomination's executive committee.
Religious sponsors loom large in Boy Scouts’ policy debate
By Adelle M. Banks — February 6, 2013
(RNS) The decision by Boy Scouts officials to postpone any change in policy about gay membership was fueled by an ``outpouring of feedback.'' A lot of that reaction came from religious groups, who sponsor 70 percent of Scout troops.
Fate of accused abusive pastor in the hands of his flock
By Tim Townsend — December 13, 2012
STOVER, Mo. (RNS) In any denomination, Christians confronted with the shocking news that a pastor has been accused of sexual misconduct, many congregations circle the wagons. But what happens when those circling the wagons around their pastor are also those who have to make the ultimate decision about his fate — his career, his paycheck, his reputation? By Tim Townsend.
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