R. Albert Mohler Jr.
Ouster of Saddleback and Fern Creek from SBC over women pastors is affirmed
By Adelle M. Banks and Bob Smietana — June 14, 2023
(RNS) — Saddleback, whose case was argued by founding pastor and best-selling author Rick Warren, had been ousted for naming a woman to its pastoral team.
Rick Warren, other church leaders appeal Southern Baptist ouster at annual meeting
By Adelle M. Banks — June 13, 2023
(RNS) — The historic debate — which has been fought over social media, via documents and through a website campaign spearheaded by Warren — came to the floor of the two-day meeting.
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.
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.’
Paige Patterson feared backslide after election of first black SBC president
By Adelle M. Banks and Yonat Shimron — November 18, 2019
(RNS) — A newly discovered letter from one former prominent leader of the Southern Baptist Convention to another reveals a depth of mistrust and suspicion toward the denomination’s first black president.
Mohler, prominent Southern Baptist, will be nominated to lead denomination
By Yonat Shimron and Adelle M. Banks — November 4, 2019
(RNS) — Nominating Mohler was a preemptive move intended to block candidates from the denomination's more zealous "God and country" faction during what will be a potentially tumultuous U.S. presidential campaign.
Joshua Harris and the sexual prosperity gospel
By Katelyn Beaty — July 26, 2019
(RNS) — Some evangelicals who denounce the prosperity gospel seem to have no problem touting the purity culture that say God will reward those who wait.
Southern Baptist executive, experts say churches should address abuse of adults
By Adelle M. Banks — March 14, 2019
(RNS) — As the Southern Baptist Convention confronts allegations of sexual abuse in its ranks, leaders of some of its affiliated organizations as well as other denominations are seeking to educate clergy and other staffers about appropriate boundaries.
Southern Baptist minister list included sex offenders
By Adelle M. Banks — February 14, 2019
(RNS) — 'Names can be removed from a list, but the hurt victims deal with is more indelible,' said a spokesman for the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee.
Dementia and religion: ‘What if I forget about God?’
By Adelle M. Banks — January 15, 2019
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (RNS) — It’s a query that reflects the struggles of people facing diseases like Alzheimer’s and gives Louisville geropsychologist Benjamin Mast a chance to explain how workings of the brain can relate to functions of faith.
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.
Southern Baptist seminary report ties founders to slaveholding, white supremacy
By Adelle M. Banks — December 12, 2018
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (RNS) — The seminary released a 71-page report Wednesday that says its early trustees and faculty 'defended the righteousness of slaveholding.'
Southern Baptist seminary report ties founders to slaveholding, white supremacy
By Adelle M. Banks — December 12, 2018
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (RNS) The seminary released a 71-page report Wednesday that says its early trustees and faculty 'defended the righteousness of slaveholding.'
Southern Baptist seminary, in #MeToo age, appoints ‘women’s support coordinator’
By Adelle M. Banks — November 30, 2018
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (RNS) — The president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary said the new position helps demonstrate the school has 'no tolerance on this campus for sexual harassment, assault, or disrespect.'
A reckoning for Southern Baptists, and an opportunity
By Jacob Lupfer — June 1, 2018
(RNS) — The daily drumbeat of bad news about SBC leaders has set the stage for the denomination’s annual meeting in Dallas this month. Will the meeting accelerate a decline? Or could it be the start of a revival? Our columnist's advice: Don’t write off the Southern Baptist Convention.
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