Wade Burleson
40 years in the making: A timeline of the Southern Baptists’ sexual abuse crisis
By Adelle M. Banks — May 23, 2022
(RNS) — Controversy over the Southern Baptist Convention’s handling of sexual abuse began long before 2000, when a new, scathing report takes up the story.
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.
Shunning online services, some clergy preach ‘abstinence’ from gathered worship
By Adelle M. Banks — April 9, 2020
(RNS) — A Missouri pastor said, ‘we don’t believe that a live stream is a real, actual substitute for a church gathering.’
For Southern Baptists, sex abuse prevention is a local matter
By Yonat Shimron — February 15, 2019
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — Only larger, better-resourced Southern Baptist churches have policies in place to protect children from abuse.
Shepherds, shamers, and shunners: The rise of church discipline in America (Part 2)
By Jonathan Merritt — June 4, 2015
Some conservative Christians are promoting a more aggressive approach to church discipline. But others say this approach does more damage than good.
Shepherds, shamers, and shunners: The rise of church discipline in America (Part 1)
By Jonathan Merritt — June 3, 2015
Some conservative Christians are promoting a more aggressive approach to church discipline. But others say this approach does more damage than good.
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