Conservative Resurgence
A Southern Baptist leader hid decades of abuse. Will his fall doom SBC abuse reforms?
By Bob Smietana — January 22, 2024
(RNS) — Revelations about the decadeslong abuse by a prominent SBC leader have led to fears that the denomination's sex-abuse reforms are doomed to fail.
Southern Baptists settle abuse lawsuit against legendary conservative leader Paul Pressler
By Bob Smietana — December 29, 2023
(RNS) — Texas Judge Paul Pressler, a conservative activist and one of the founding fathers of the so-called conservative resurgence, had been accused of abusing young men for years.
Once a baby-faced conservative revolutionary, Al Mohler is now an SBC institution
By Bob Smietana — September 14, 2023
(RNS) — For three decades, Al Mohler has been a powerful conservative voice in the evangelical movement’s theology and politics. His bolder statements have often overshadowed the reality that Mohler is a remarkably effective institutional leader.
How did Saddleback get kicked out of the SBC? It’s complicated.
By Bob Smietana — February 24, 2023
(RNS) — Five congregations ousted this week were the first to be expelled from the SBC on a national level for having women pastors since the ban on women pastors was instituted in 2000.
Appeals court rules in favor of Pressler accuser, says abuse lawsuit can go forward
By Bob Smietana — March 1, 2021
(RNS) — A former aide to retired judge Paul Pressler has alleged that the Southern Baptist leader had abused him for decades.
SBC report calls never-Trumper Russell Moore’s agency a ‘significant distraction’
By Bob Smietana — February 1, 2021
(RNS) — A new report claims a decline in giving is linked to controversial statements — including criticism of Trump — by a leading Baptist ethicist.
Southern Baptist seminary turmoil leaves stained glass artists picking up the pieces
By Bruce Tomaso — May 15, 2019
FORT WORTH, Texas (RNS) — A pair of stained glass artists in Dallas lost years of potential income when a Baptist seminary canceled a commission for a series of stained glass windows. The windows, which depict leaders of the so-called 'Conservative Resurgence,' had been on display at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The windows were a pet project of Dorothy Patterson, wife of former SWBTS President Paige Patterson, who was fired last year. The new president had them removed and canceled orders for additional windows.
Baptists open another front in the culture wars
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) — With theological and political conservatives fully in control, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination this week discharged another salvo in the culture wars, taking on the volatile issue of the family and drawing fire from moderates within the Baptist fold and liberals without. During their three-day meeting in the heart of […]
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