J.D. Greear
Southern Baptist leaders mistreated abuse survivors for decades, report says
By Bob Smietana — May 22, 2022
(RNS) — A blockbuster report found that SBC lawyers worked for years to protect the institution and demonized abuse survivors and accused a prominent pastor of abusing a colleague's wife.
Saddleback Church’s ordination of women pastors to be considered by SBC committee
By Adelle M. Banks — June 16, 2021
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) — ‘At the very least, I am asking that the validity of this matter be looked into,’ said a pastor at the Southern Baptists’ annual meeting.
Southern Baptist pastor: Minister accused of abusing a dozen boys never investigated
By Yonat Shimron — June 15, 2021
(RNS) — Pastor Troy Bush wanted to find out who else a minister at Trinity Baptist Church in Ashburn, Georgia, had sexually abused. The SBC declined to inquire about the church.
Debates on sex abuse, critical race theory front and center at first day of SBC meeting
By Adelle M. Banks — June 15, 2021
(RNS) — As Baptists arrived to choose from at least four candidates who might serve as the next SBC president, leaders urged prayer for the conduct of the meeting and for unity.
Who are the Southern Baptists and why is their 2021 annual meeting so divided?
By Ryan Burge — June 15, 2021
(RNS) — Skirmishes over race and gender pit conservatives against ultraconservatives.
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.
Gavel named for slaveholder replaced with one recalling missionary at SBC meeting
By Adelle M. Banks — June 15, 2021
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) — SBC President J.D. Greear is showing ‘the need for continuing to move from the past that we had to the present that we’re in,’ says a SBC historian.
SBC Executive Committee rejects request for system-wide abuse inquiry
By Adelle M. Banks — June 14, 2021
(RNS) — Another committee member argued against a fellow member’s request, saying there is no one in the SBC who favors sex abuse.
George Floyd anniversary is a chance for white evangelicals to stand up for Black lives
By Doug Pagitt — May 25, 2021
(RNS) — Our community has a moral obligation to support Black lives.
SBC President J.D. Greear: ‘God did not call Southern Baptists to save America’
By Bob Smietana — February 22, 2021
(RNS) — In a speech to the SBC Executive Committee meeting, Greear asked, ‘Do we want to be a gospel people, or a Southern culture people? Which is the more important part of our name — Southern or Baptist?’
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.
At March for Life, a pivot away from Trump and toward ‘unity’
By Jack Jenkins — January 29, 2021
(RNS) — Unlike last year's event, 2021's virtual version of March for Life featured few mentions of former President Trump.
SBC president JD Greear’s church launches inquiry into past actions of Bryan Loritts
By Bob Smietana — January 22, 2021
(RNS) — Questions have been raised about how Loritts handled accusations that his brother-in-law secretly videotaped women in a church bathroom.
Southern Baptist leaders meet after critical race theory document caused controversy
By Adelle M. Banks — January 8, 2021
(RNS) — African American leaders and seminary presidents said they had an ‘honest and open conversation’ during the virtual meeting earlier in the week.
The SBC’s critical race theory debacle
By Mark Silk — December 29, 2020
(RNS) — Once the SBC sees systemic racism, it’s a slippery slope to feminism, climate change and LGBTQ rights.
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