Beth Moore
A guide to what’s at stake at the Southern Baptist Convention’s historic annual meeting
By Paul O'Donnell — June 15, 2021
(RNS) — A one-stop update on what will be decided in Nashville, and how the Southern Baptists arrived at their crossroads on race, gender and sexual abuse.
Black SBC leader urges African American fellowship to stay the course
By Adelle M. Banks — June 15, 2021
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) — ‘I want to encourage you before you do anything, seek the will of God,’ said the Rev. Marshal Ausberry Sr.
Anne Graham Lotz: ‘I just have to follow the Lord and what he’s called me to do’
By Adelle M. Banks — June 9, 2021
(RNS) — ‘Generally speaking, I’m not accountable to people who want to say that I should or shouldn’t be doing this or that,’ said Bible teacher Anne Graham Lotz.
Southern Baptists head for annual meeting at a crossroads on race and gender
By Robert P. Jones — June 4, 2021
(RNS) — In this moment of reckoning, white evangelical Protestants — the denominational family to which Southern Baptists belong — are increasingly out of step.
Russell Moore parts from Southern Baptists personally as well as professionally
By Adelle M. Banks — June 2, 2021
(RNS) — ‘We want to be a home base for Dr. Moore and his family as he serves the body of Christ at large,’ said the lead pastor of Immanuel Nashville.
Russell Moore leaves Southern Baptist leadership, but denomination’s troubles remain
By Bob Smietana — May 21, 2021
NASHVILLE (RNS) — Southern Baptists have long been able to find enough consensus to cooperate on missions. In recent years, they've become less cooperative because of debates over race, politics and the role of women in the church.
Southern Baptist decline continues, denomination has lost more than 2 million members since 2006
By Bob Smietana — May 21, 2021
NASHVILLE (RNS) — Baptisms dropped to the lowest point since the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and 1919.
Russell Moore, Baptist ethicist and Trump critic, to leave ERLC for Christianity Today
By Bob Smietana — May 18, 2021
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) — Moore’s work as president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy arm was overshadowed by the Trump presidency.
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.
Beth Allison Barr wants Christians to know where ‘biblical womanhood’ comes from (it’s not the Bible)
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 20, 2021
(RNS) — The author and historian talked to Religion News Service about where the idea of biblical womanhood comes from, what she believes the Bible actually has to say about the role of women and what it will take for things to change.
How complementarianism became part of evangelical doctrine
By Susan M. Shaw — April 13, 2021
(The Conversation) — The belief that God assigned gender roles formed in response to the women's liberation movement.
Beth Moore apologizes for her role in elevating ‘complementarian’ theology that limits women leaders
By Yonat Shimron and Bob Smietana — April 7, 2021
(RNS) — In an email to Religion News Service, Moore didn’t go quite so far as to say she has entirely abandoned complementarianism. But she no longer sees it as essential.
Tony Evans: On male leadership, grieving his wife and correcting Kirk Franklin
By Adelle M. Banks — April 6, 2021
(RNS) — Pastor Tony Evans of Dallas says ‘there is a lead role that God has called men to take and own, and we shouldn't shy away from that.’
Beth Moore left the SBC after the SBC left women to fend for themselves
By Karen Swallow Prior — April 5, 2021
(RNS) — The strongest objections of her critics seem to be fruits of their own sowing.
