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Southern Baptist seminary heads join chorus of critics as leaders balk on abuse probe
By Yonat Shimron and Bob Smietana — September 30, 2021
(RNS) — The presidents of all six Southern Baptist seminaries have issued statements or tweets expressing their dismay at the Executive Committee’s unwillingness to act at the convention’s direction. Many pastors agree.
The SBC’s Ronnie Floyd fails his Ezra moment on sexual abuse
By Russell L. Meek — September 30, 2021
(RNS) — Prayer and fasting has convinced the SBC's Ronnie Floyd to prevent Southern Baptists from repenting.
Southern Baptists, at impasse, postpone vote on sex abuse probe for a week
By Yonat Shimron and Bob Smietana — September 28, 2021
(RNS) — At issue is whether the Executive Committee can shield from investigators certain communications it has received from its lawyers.
SBC Executive Committee agrees to pay for abuse review, stalls on waiving privilege
By Bob Smietana — September 21, 2021
(RNS) — After two days of meetings, the details for an abuse investigation remain unresolved.
Head of SBC Executive Committee questions messengers’ resolution in abuse investigation
By Bob Smietana — September 13, 2021
(RNS) — Failing to follow the will of local church delegates, known as messengers, would be nearly unprecented, experts say.
SBC president Ed Litton announces task force to oversee Executive Committee abuse review
By Bob Smietana — July 9, 2021
(RNS) — At their annual meeting in Nashville last month, Southern Baptists directed their new president to appoint a task force looking into claims that Baptist leaders mishandled abuse allegations.
In this crucial moment, Southern Baptist chief executive Ronnie Floyd is in over his head
By Benjamin Cole — June 15, 2021
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) — The SBC's chief executive is increasingly hearing calls for his resignation.
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.
Sex abuse survivors call for system-wide audit of Southern Baptist Convention
By Yonat Shimron — June 14, 2021
(RNS) — The group of eight survivors wants the convention to go beyond the review of the Executive Committee that was announced last week.
Southern Baptist Executive Committee hires Guidepost Solutions to review Moore allegations
By Bob Smietana — June 11, 2021
(RNS) — SBC leaders have been accused of trying to delay attempts to deal with abuse and of mistreating abuse survivors.
‘Preserve the base’: Leaked audio of SBC leaders shows reluctance on dealing with sex abuse
By Bob Smietana and Adelle M. Banks — June 10, 2021
(RNS) — Recordings released by a prominent pastor highlight dispute over how to handle abuse allegations in the nation's largest Protestant denomination.
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.
Luter, Greear latest Southern Baptist leaders to weigh in as turmoil over race theory grows
By Adelle M. Banks — December 19, 2020
(RNS) — The fallout from a statement on critical race theory by six seminary presidents continued, as prominent Black leaders and their churches answer with objections or quit the SBC.
Southern Baptists warm to alternate moniker ‘Great Commission Baptists’
By Adelle M. Banks — September 16, 2020
(RNS) — ‘The farther we get from 1845, the more clear we need to be with our mission,’ said a South Carolina Baptist official.
In calls with faith leaders, White House focuses on virus as well as election
By Adelle M. Banks and Jack Jenkins — March 24, 2020
(RNS) — ‘It’s a big day, Nov. 3; that’s going to be one of the biggest dates in the history of religion, as far as I’m concerned,’ Trump said.