SBC
Heads of SBC mission boards say they will not fund new abuse reform nonprofit
By Bob Smietana — February 21, 2024
(RNS) — Leaders of Send Relief, an SBC-related humanitarian group, say funds earmarked for abuse response have to be used within the SBC.
Don’t go into a relationship — or institution — thinking you can change them
By Karen Swallow Prior — November 20, 2023
(RNS) — I thought for a long time I could help the church change. How foolish. How prideful.
Our Bizarro New World Where Russell Moore Is a ‘Liberal’ + Russell Moore
By Roxanne Stone — October 5, 2023
Katelyn and Roxy talk to Moore about why he left the SBC, how he thinks of his own legacy there, and trying to lead a Christian institution when it’s tearing apart at the seams.
Executive Committee names temporary leader, deals with fallout from McLaurin deception
By Bob Smietana — August 18, 2023
(RNS) — Howe is the Executive Committee's fifth top leader in five years.
What Russell Moore knew
By Tyler Huckabee — August 11, 2023
(RNS) — Prophets have no honor in their own country. Moore’s known that better than anyone for a long, long time.
In new book, Russell Moore urges evangelicals to stop lying and come back to Jesus
By Bob Smietana — July 25, 2023
(RNS) — Once a rising star among Southern Baptists, Moore lost his job after criticizing Donald Trump and standing by abuse survivors.
Some Baptists debate about women preaching, others listen to women preach
By Brian Kaylor — July 24, 2023
(RNS) — Focusing almost entirely on the SBC not only minimizes the theological (and political and racial) diversity of Baptists, but it also privileges a patriarchal body over others.
Southern Baptists rid themselves of women pastors, their latest self-inflicted wound
By Jonathan Merritt — June 15, 2023
(RNS) — The fundamentalists have won yet again, but theirs is a Pyrrhic victory.
SBC official Brent Leatherwood urges Tennessee lawmakers to pass red flag law
By Bob Smietana — April 18, 2023
(RNS)— Head of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, the public policy arm of the SBC, Leatherwood is calling on legislators to pass a law to remove firearms from people who are a danger to themselves and others.
Southern Baptist task force may split with Guidepost over LGBTQ views
By Bob Smietana — April 4, 2023
(RNS) — Guidepost has been criticized by SBC leaders for its support of LGBT rights.
Saddleback Church doubles down on support for female pastors
By Deepa Bharath and Peter Smith — March 1, 2023
(AP) — “I’m serving Jesus under the authority and in alignment with my spiritual leaders,” said Stacie Wood, teaching pastor at Saddleback Church.
Who will pay for the SBC’s abuse reforms over the long term? No one knows.
By Bob Smietana — February 28, 2023
(RNS) — The SBC’s Executive Committee announced it had lost $6 million over the past fiscal year, mainly due to the cost of responding to the sex abuse crisis.
Leave Amy Grant alone
By Tyler Huckabee — December 22, 2022
(RNS) — There is nothing left to kick her out of. She’s free.
David Sills, former seminary prof accused of abuse, sues SBC and Guidepost
By Bob Smietana — November 28, 2022
(RNS) — Sills, who lost his job after admitting misconduct, claims SBC leaders used him as a scapegoat to bolster their public image.
We can be an army of wounded warriors — or a collective of wounded healers
By Karen Swallow Prior — October 18, 2022
(RNS) — To be human is to be wounded, one way or another. Those hurts can be wielded in ways that further wound or in ways that help heal.
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