Dwight McKissic
Texas Baptists affirm women in ‘ministerial’ roles as SBC debate moves to states
By Adelle M. Banks — July 20, 2023
(RNS) — In the same week as the Texas Baptists’ meeting, Black leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention and SBC President Bart Barber met over similar issues in Ridgecrest, North Carolina.
At least three critical race theory statements proposed for Southern Baptist meeting
By Adelle M. Banks — June 11, 2021
(RNS) — There’s a lot riding on the resolutions committee’s work, with critical race theory as one of the 'points of tension' it has to manage, its chair said.
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.
Dwight McKissic living at seminary after storm: ‘God is making sure our needs are met’
By Adelle M. Banks — February 23, 2021
(RNS) — The Texas pastor said any differences he may have with seminary President Adam Greenway did not prompt him to refuse an offer of housing.
Southern Baptist leaders decry ‘stone cold racist’ letter to Dwight McKissic
By Adelle M. Banks — February 4, 2021
(RNS) — SBC President J.D. Greear and others objected to a letter that assailed McKissic, a Black pastor who recently announced he was pulling his church out of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention.
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.
Southern Baptist Dwight McKissic to leave Texas group over critical race theory stance
By Adelle M. Banks — January 22, 2021
(RNS) — ‘I’m no longer compatible with them and made the decision that we need to disengage from them,’ the pastor said of Southern Baptists of Texas Convention.
SBC seminary votes to retain slaveholders’ names on buildings
By Adelle M. Banks — October 13, 2020
(RNS) — Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President R. Albert Mohler Jr. said: ‘Our task is to honor the saintly without condoning, hiding, or denying the sinful.’
As Southern Baptists mull executive vacancies, will diversity play a role?
By Adelle M. Banks — February 6, 2019
(RNS) — Two former SBC presidents, joined by a Las Vegas pastor, took the unusual step of sending a letter to the search committee for the new president of the SBC Executive Committee, inquiring about the breadth of efforts to fill the position.
In dramatic turnabout, Southern Baptists condemn white supremacy
By Adelle M. Banks — June 14, 2017
PHOENIX (RNS) The previous day, the Resolutions Committee declined to bring a similar statement to a vote.
Southern Baptists’ efforts at racial reconciliation a mixed bag, review finds
By Adelle M. Banks — June 17, 2015
(RNS) Southern Baptists were hailed for electing their first African-American president in 2012 but their denomination's Executive Committee has a mostly white management.
Neither Obama nor Romney? Some Christians vote for ‘None of the Above’
By David Gibson — October 23, 2012
(RNS) Is it a sin not to vote? Or a virtue? Some disappointed Christians on both sides of the aisle -- especially evangelicals and Catholics -- are advocating the merits of boycotting the ballot box on Nov. 6. By David Gibson.
Black Southern Baptists try to keep expectations in check for first black SBC president
By Adelle M. Banks — June 13, 2012
RANDALLSTOWN, Md. (RNS) As the Southern Baptist Convention is poised to elect its first black president, the mostly African-American flock at Colonial Baptist Church is equal parts excited and astonished. "The denomination has come from 180 degrees,'' said Vernon T. Gaskins, 83. "I am quite shocked to see it but I’m glad to see it.'' By Adelle M. Banks.
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