Al Mohler
Why grievance studies hoaxer and atheist James Lindsay wants to save Southern Baptists
By Bob Smietana — May 18, 2021
(RNS) — Over the past two years, James Lindsay has been on a crusade against what he sees as a ‘woke’ invasion of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.
The debate over women pastors is a Southern Baptist smoke screen
By Laura Levens — May 14, 2021
(RNS) — The fiery arguments distract from constructive conversations about entrenched racism, Christian nationalism and sexual abuse.
You’re right, Al Mohler, a downpour is coming
By Beth Allison Barr — May 13, 2021
(RNS) — In terms of the SBC stance on women preaching, a storm is indeed coming — just not from the direction Mohler thinks.
Saddleback ordains 3 women, leading to another Mother’s Day dust-up over women pastors
By Bob Smietana — May 10, 2021
(RNS) — The two largest churches in the Southern Baptist Convention featured women preachers on Mother's Day, despite the convention's ban on women pastors.
Some Black Southern Baptists feel shut out by white leaders
By David Crary — January 25, 2021
(RNS) — The SBC's national meeting in June cold be a crucial moment for Black pastors if delegates rebuff their views on systemic racism in the U.S.
Alabama pastor Ed Litton, known for racial reconciliation work, joins SBC presidential race
By Bob Smietana — January 21, 2021
(RNS) — So far, four Southern Baptist leaders, each representing a different segment of the SBC, plan to run for president of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.
SBC leader Russell Moore to Trump: Time to leave. ‘People are dead’
By Bob Smietana — January 8, 2021
(RNS) — Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and an outspoken 'Never Trumper,' called for the president to leave.
‘We out’: Charlie Dates on why his church is leaving the SBC over rejection of critical race theory
By Charlie Dates — December 18, 2020
(RNS) — I had to tell my church I was wrong. There is no such thing as 'the Old Southern Baptists.' Conservatism is, and has always been, the god of the SBC.
Nick Challies, son of well-known evangelical blogger, dies at college
By Bob Smietana — November 4, 2020
(RNS) — The younger Challies, who was engaged to be married, collapsed while playing a game at college.
Catholic bishops, Southern Baptists, call for justice in George Floyd death
By Bob Smietana — May 30, 2020
(RNS) — Catholic and Southern Baptist leaders condemned the abuse of police power, call for racial healing and pray that the family of George Floyd will find comfort.
Al Mohler, Southern Baptist leader, says he was ‘stupid’ to defend slavery in 1998 CNN interview
By Jonathan Merritt — May 15, 2020
(RNS) — The Rev. Al Mohler, longtime Southern Baptist leader, repudiated past comments defending slavery, calling them ‘stupid,’ says he is ashamed of seminary title with a link to slaveholder.
Mohler’s turn to Trump is the crowning flip-flop of his career
By Jonathan Merritt — April 17, 2020
(RNS) — Many, including Mohler’s friends and colleagues, have pointed out that his decision to favor Trump is consistent with a career marked as much by ambition as conviction.
Prosperity gospel’s false promises aren’t always about money
By Alan Cross — September 10, 2019
(RNS) — There are many subtler prosperity gospels that hold out the promise of victory, success, actualization, a sense of 'arrival' and the good life. They are all equally dangerous.
Beth Moore’s ministry reignites debate over whether women can preach
By Yonat Shimron and Adelle M. Banks — June 5, 2019
(RNS) — After suggesting on Twitter that she was spending Mother’s Day preaching at a church — though she did not use the word “preaching” — a crowd of prominent Southern Baptist men charged after her.
Report on slavery is only a start for Southern Baptists’ reckoning with racism
By Jemar Tisby — December 14, 2018
(RNS) — A new report detailing the history of slavery and racism at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary ends more than 50 years too soon.
