| 单词 | Southern Baptist |
| 例句 | But like the Southern Baptists and other conservative denominations, the Assemblies gradually dropped their separatist strictures as their membership prospered and spread. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Orleanna Price, Southern Baptist by marriage, mother of children living and dead. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The Southern Baptist Mission League gave us this hint, without coming right out and telling us to flout the law of the forty-four pounds, and from there we made our plan. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She had been brought up a Southern Baptist in suburban Baton Rouge with dreams of leaving home—she did so just after high school—and running a daycare center. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z His parents were Southern Baptists and religious fundamentalists, unusual at the time in Levittown. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z HA LE LU DA Our cowboy says our neighbors would be more like neighbors if we agree to something at the Del Ray Southern Baptist Church. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Cabot Searcy, having been raised in a Southern Baptist church in Georgia, had little knowledge of this text before this first encounter. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z He also attended services at a local black Southern Baptist Church, absorbing the cadence and verbal style of its preachers. The power and the glory of Dusty Rhodes: The “American Dream” who transcended pro wrestling’s racial divide 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z “Most Southern Baptist pastors have very little idea how to handle an allegation of sexual or physical abuse in their church, particularly if the allegation is against a friend or staff member,” Burleson said. Southern Baptists and #MeToo: Advocates for church sex abuse victims push for reform 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z That Golden Era wasn’t in the 1980s when reporters treated evangelicals as bumblers and missed the significance of the conservatives’ takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention. Religion’s media persecution complex 2013-04-23T22:01:00Z When I found out about that job, I was filming Netflix’s “Rustin,” playing Mahalia Jackson, so I’m giving full Christian, Southern Baptist auntie. Da’Vine Joy Randolph Doesn’t Want Anyone Finishing Her Sentences 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Growing up in a strict Southern Baptist household, she discovered binge eating early, with her father constantly monitoring what she and her mother put in their mouths. Criticized for her weight, opera star Deborah Voigt speaks up 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z A few days after the Roe ruling, in January 1973, The Baptist Press, the news service of the Southern Baptist Convention, spoke with McCorvey. Seeing Norma: The Conflicted Life of the Woman at the Center of Roe v. Wade 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z "We were electing the Southern Baptist Convention's first African-American president and did not want to distract from that historic moment." Retailer's decision to drop The Blind Side upsets Christian faithful 2012-07-17T16:14:12Z Baptists bank on fire and brimstone Topics: , , , , The Bible The Southern Baptist Convention is a force to be reckoned with. Baptists bank on fire and brimstone 2012-07-11T13:55:00Z Members still battle a perception of otherness, as in the recent flare-up between Mr. Romney and Robert Jeffress, a Southern Baptist pastor and Rick Perry supporter who derided the religion as a “cult.” Young Mormons Find Ways to Be Hip 2011-10-26T20:31:24Z The decision elicited a number of fiery responses from other members of the SBC, including Albert Mohler, the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Southern Baptist Convention kicks out church for being too tolerant of LGBT members 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z And it extends to the philosophy that infuses the show, created by Gene Roddenberry, who was raised a Southern Baptist but came to consider himself a humanist, according to his authorized biography. To Boldly Explore the Jewish Roots of ‘Star Trek’ 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z The Kirkpatricks’ own father was a Southern Baptist music minister later called to the pulpit himself. They Adapted ‘Mrs. Doubtfire,’ and Their Personal Beliefs 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z And in March, Beth Moore, a very popular female Southern Baptist author and speaker, publicly announced that she was leaving the group, citing the SBC's approval of Donald Trump and its views on gender. From abortion and porn to women and race: How Southern Baptist Convention resolutions have evolved 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Oh, and his dad is the former president of the world’s largest Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention. Why I outed a Christian star 2012-08-12T16:00:00Z “We never saw ourselves in the same category as any of the white Anglo Southern Baptists,” he said. US Jews talk identity, Holocaust after Goldberg’s remarks 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z In 1956 the minister of the largest Southern Baptist church in the nation testified before the South Carolina legislature, voicing his support for segregation. Baptists bank on fire and brimstone 2012-07-11T13:55:00Z Over the years, Southern Baptist deacons and pastors moved in and out of Ku Klux Klan leadership positions. Baptists bank on fire and brimstone 2012-07-11T13:55:00Z It was a very conservative Southern Baptist community. A Word With: Robert Wilson and Sheryl Sutton: Robert Wilson’s ‘Zinnias: The Life of Clementine Hunter’ 2013-01-22T23:00:01Z You were raised, for a while, as a Southern Baptist, like Della. 'That '70s Show's' Debra Jo Rupp on her new 'Cake' and breaking the rules — in baking and in life 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z The nation's largest Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, grants extensive autonomy to its affiliated churches, leaving decisions on canceling public services up to local pastors. Across faiths, religious rules bent as virus alters worship 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z Philip Galanes: So, what pushes two Southern Baptists from Texas straight to the top of the gossip game? Table For Three: A Conversation With Liz Smith, Gossip Columnist and Jess Cagle, Editorial Director of People Magazine 2014-04-25T22:08:35Z The Southern Baptists are staking their institutional future and finances on the idea that Old Time patriarchal heaven-and-hell religion still has a market and will for some time to come. Baptists bank on fire and brimstone 2012-07-11T13:55:00Z The anti-L.G.B.T.Q. protests culminated in 1997, when the Southern Baptist Convention announced a formal boycott, spurred, in part, by Disney’s refusal to block Gay Days. After a Political Storm, Gay Days Return to Disney 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Before about 40 close friends and relatives, Ken Mahanes, an ordained Southern Baptist Minister, officiated the short nondenominational ceremony written mostly by Ms. Leas. A Love of Adventure Leads to Love Near Home 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z He grew up in Klamath Falls, Ore., in a Southern Baptist home and was playing the piano in church by the time he was in eighth grade. Dennis Coleman: Concerts need 'a laugh, a tear and a chill' 2012-11-20T22:14:15Z “What would it look like carried out by a group of nuns,” Slater wondered, “or by a rabbi or a Southern Baptist faith healer?” On rebooted ‘Exorcist,’ a new way to get rid of demons: Hugging it out 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z In other words, the Southern Baptists have placed their bets on a strategy with some history of success. Baptists bank on fire and brimstone 2012-07-11T13:55:00Z When Carter was visited by a high official of the Southern Baptist Convention, the man told him, “We are praying, Mr. President, that you will abandon secular humanism as your religion.” The Pious Presidency of Jimmy Carter 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The Southern Baptist denomination was formed in 1845 when Baptists split over a question of slaveholders as missionaries. Baptists bank on fire and brimstone 2012-07-11T13:55:00Z In “Nickel Dreams,” she gives much of the credit to Sherrill, whose humid country-soul settings benefitted from “an underlying religious urgency, that old Southern Baptist feel.” Tanya Tucker’s New Album Might Be the Best of Her Long, Underrated Career 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z "It was a very powerful presentation," said Huckabee, a former Southern Baptist minister. Once-popular Arkansas Passion Play of Jesus' life closes 2012-12-06T18:57:39Z In fact, by the 1970s it appeared that the Southern Baptists might be ready to move into a position at the vanguard of Christianity. Baptists bank on fire and brimstone 2012-07-11T13:55:00Z In both Ulrich’s article and in media coverage surrounding the Williams case, members — mostly women — involved in the Southern Baptist Convention urged leaders to take some form of systemic action. Southern Baptists and #MeToo: Advocates for church sex abuse victims push for reform 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z I was raised Southern Baptist, and it was powerful, emotional stuff. John Goodman Was a Man Without a Series. Now He’s Everywhere. 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z In interviews with Salon, several Southern Baptists said that many people who were present had never even heard of the racist movement before. Southern Baptists declare war on the alt-right 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z The Ebo sisters were raised in the Southern Baptist tradition in Atlanta, where the movie is set, and the director displays a tart and nuanced understanding of pastoral power and the wages of hypocrisy. ‘Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.’ Review: Resurrecting a Megachurch 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Hence the ludicrous situation where many evangelical organisations, such as the Southern Baptist Convention, have statements of faith where the first point is the Bible, before any mention of, for example, God. How biblical literalism took root 2011-02-21T10:59:00Z Because I was raised in a Southern Baptist community in Texas, the answer to that last question is still ingrained within me: a married man simply shouldn’t have female friends. Mike Pence’s Marriage and the Beliefs That Keep Women from Power 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z I was born and raised in the Piney Woods of East Texas, and grew up evangelical — my family attended a Southern Baptist congregation. A Labor Day Thank You for the Arts 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Did you know that in the late 1960s the Southern Baptists came out for liberalizing abortion laws? Changing the Debate: Katha Pollitt Talks About 'Pro' 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z The two men now boast ties with some of the biggest names in reformed evangelicalism, including Albert Mohler, president of the country’s largest Southern Baptist seminary, and Seattle’s “cussing pastor,” Mark Driscoll. Evangelical church accused of ignoring sexual abuse, “pedophilia ring” 2013-03-12T16:17:00Z My grandparents were Southern Baptists, which meant they were teetotalers. Can Sobriety Be as Interesting as Addiction? A Writer Wonders 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Yet in terms of timeliness, the book’s social echoes to today toll as loud as a Southern Baptist church bell. Rep. John Lewis’s new ‘March: Book Three’ rises to the historic occasion 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z She felt strangled by the strictures of her Southern Baptist upbringing, with her own three baptisms failing to take and a community that treated her like a “satanic witch.” The Most Famous Girl at the Waffle House 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z In an alternate universe, the Southern Baptist history of endorsing slavery and then Jim Crow laws, so shameful in hindsight, might have led to broad theological growth. Baptists bank on fire and brimstone 2012-07-11T13:55:00Z The measure is the latest in a series of resolutions approved in recent years by the Southern Baptists to repudiate their denomination’s heritage of racism. Southern Baptists declare war on the alt-right 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z LifeWay is affiliated to the US Southern Baptist Convention as its retail arm. Retailer's decision to drop The Blind Side upsets Christian faithful 2012-07-17T16:14:12Z Speaking about “The Tree of Life” in May at the Cannes Film Festival he connected the film to memories of his strict Southern Baptist upbringing. The Oscars: Brad Pitt Discusses ?Moneyball? and ?Tree of Life? 2011-12-30T18:44:10Z “There isn’t a great deal of historical Christianity or explicit theological content in their worship,” said R. Albert Mohler Jr., the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Tattoos, Bieber, Black Lives Matter and Jesus 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z And the most anti-feminist denominations, the Catholics and the Southern Baptists, are seeing some of the highest levels of drop-off. Misogyny’s scary new warriors: How Gamergate has supplanted the Christian right 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z She lives in Absecon, a small suburb outside of Atlantic City, where she and her husband Buff raise three adopted African American children and run Grace Falls, a Southern Baptist church. The evangelical women who visit strippers to 'show God loves them' 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Having grown up Southern Baptist, Mr. Overstreet remains a regular churchgoer, and he is put off by what he sees as the embrace of Mr. Trump by the evangelical right. Hillary Clinton’s Lonesome White Male Supporters 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z As recently as this year, Southern Baptist leaders were publicly calling for the integration of churches. Dipped in controversy 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The family hails from Georgia, where Moretz describes a Southern Baptist childhood full of church obligations and Bible verses before bed. Chloë Grace Moretz: 'People said: You're going to lose your career over this' 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Or the Southern Baptist Convention, which also spent decades reflexively shielding abusers. What the Ruby Franke story says about the Christian right 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z The Southern Baptists broke from their northern brethren in 1845, as war between the states loomed. Dipped in controversy 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Now, faced with eroding membership, the Southern Baptist leaders are fighting against irrelevance. Baptists bank on fire and brimstone 2012-07-11T13:55:00Z The next release was “Dirt Road,” a haunting tune about Moore’s frustrations growing up in a Southern Baptist town and struggling with the preacher’s words about heaven and sin. Country star Kip Moore weathers the Nashville storm to make a comeback 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Two errors lurked in that sentence and its presumption — that secular humanism is a religion, and that the Southern Baptists’ religion is a religion. The Pious Presidency of Jimmy Carter 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Still, Floyd pegged the church’s tolerance as a rejection of Southern Baptist convictions. Southern Baptist Convention kicks out church for being too tolerant of LGBT members 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z I grew up attending Southern Baptist churches during the mid-2000s, when purity had become a pop culture buzzword after the Jonas Brothers donned rings to symbolize their commitment to abstinence before marriage. How the religious right's purity culture enables predatory behavior 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z On the surface, creating our own database of Southern Baptist offenders seems like a good idea. Southern Baptists and #MeToo: Advocates for church sex abuse victims push for reform 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z A few weeks ago the Southern Baptist Convention voted to approve a name change. Baptists bank on fire and brimstone 2012-07-11T13:55:00Z IN 1995, a century and a half after it was founded by supporters of slavery, the Southern Baptist Convention apologised to African-Americans. Dipped in controversy 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z There were, however, large groups of Southern Baptists who showed up in matching T-shirts that proclaimed their church affiliations. Dollywood: A Little Bit Country, a Little Bit Gay 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z The petition, which had about 1,030 signatures Tuesday morning, said Meacham’s “beliefs and core values do not align with those of Samford University, as it is a Southern Baptist institution.” College cancels Meacham talk over Planned Parenthood ties 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z With a singing style derived from Southern Baptist churches, Mr. Ligon would shout, scream and jump into the crowds, and would deliver sermons in between songs. Joe Ligon, frontman for Grammy-winning gospel group Mighty Clouds of Joy, dies 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z To date it continues to have broad appeal among Southern Baptist members. Baptists bank on fire and brimstone 2012-07-11T13:55:00Z Over two hours in a hotel lobby in Manhattan, he and Karey recounted their religious Southern upbringing, their early careers and how they went from singing in Southern Baptist churches to writing Broadway musicals. They Adapted ‘Mrs. Doubtfire,’ and Their Personal Beliefs 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z But as an adolescent, Mr. Jordan was at odds with his Southern Baptist upbringing and the therapists and psychiatrists who told him his urges were “the voice of the Prince of Darkness.” Leslie Jordan Adds Gaiety to His ?Trip Down the Pink Carpet? 2010-04-24T00:52:00Z His father was a Southern Baptist preacher who also managed a steakhouse; Zimmerman became a vegetarian atheist. Nine Shows to Catch at the New York Comedy Festival 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Kate Bowler, a historian at Duke Divinity School who has studied evangelical women celebrities, said Moore's departure is a significant loss for the Southern Baptist Convention. Evangelicals lost a major female leader over Trump supporter hypocrisy – will other women follow? 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z The result is a network comedy that sends up sex, sin and Southern Baptists, or at least the pious parvenus of Dallas. The TV Watch: Kristin Chenoweth and Annie Potts in ABC?s ?GCB? 2012-03-01T23:09:54Z "I love so many Southern Baptist people, so many Southern Baptist churches, but I don't identify with some of the things in our heritage that haven't remained in the past." Evangelicals lost a major female leader over Trump supporter hypocrisy – will other women follow? 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z "I am still a Baptist, but I can no longer identify with Southern Baptists," Moore told Religion News Service Tuesday. Evangelicals lost a major female leader over Trump supporter hypocrisy – will other women follow? 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z In it, she stars as Trinitie Childs, the wife of a Southern Baptist pastor, played by Sterling K. Brown, who serves a megachurch. Regina Hall Sees the Bigger Picture With ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ and ‘Forensic Files’ 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z According to his congressional biography, Franks and his wife have served as Sunday-school teachers at a Southern Baptist church in Phoenix. Lawmaker’s resignation raises questions of ‘pro-life approach’ to IVF, surrogacy 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z The air itself seems to breathe Southern Baptist. Inside the hottest gay bar in the most homophobic state in the nation 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Like the Catholics, the Southern Baptists recently have doubled down on controlling women as it has become clear that they are losing their battle to ostracize gays. Baptists bank on fire and brimstone 2012-07-11T13:55:00Z Whenever religion came up as a topic of conversation, I would jokingly call myself a "recovering Southern Baptist." My night in Judgement House, the church play about hell that made me a teenage born-again zealot 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z Just as they did on the questions of slavery and the full humanity of women, the Southern Baptists have positioned themselves as moral dead weight, which is a loss for us all. Baptists bank on fire and brimstone 2012-07-11T13:55:00Z A woman sent a long, thoughtful e-mail about her Southern Baptist family that had “no money,” even to replace a broken bike or record player. Lonnae O’Neal: White readers talk back 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z As the Washington Post reported, Long's church is part of a group in the Southern Baptist Convention called Founders Ministries that has pushed the convention in a more conservative direction in recent years. How Evangelicalism's racist roots and purity culture teachings catalyzed the Atlanta killings 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z “It’s not about espousing our faith,” Steve Green, a Southern Baptist who is the museum board’s chairman and president of the Hobby Lobby craft store chain, told reporters this week. Washington's new Museum of the Bible aims to inform, not preach 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z Consider Ephesians 5:22-24, the verse that the Southern Baptist Convention upholds but Carter disagrees with: Is religion inherently oppressive? 2014-04-12T12:00:00Z The subjects, Gary and Larry Lane, are gay identical twins in their mid-30s from a Southern Baptist background who grew up in a small North Carolina town and moved to Los Angeles a decade ago. Movie Review: ‘Hollywood to Dollywood,’ a Documentary 2012-08-30T23:49:16Z “This is exactly why I never lead with ‘I’m a Southern Baptist’,” said Cissy. The evangelical women who visit strippers to 'show God loves them' 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z “It’s not about espousing our faith,” Steve Green, a Southern Baptist who is the museum board’s chairman and president of the Hobby Lobby craft store chain, told reporters this week. Washington's new Museum of the Bible aims to inform, not preach 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z These tickets were a birthday gift from church members, the Southern Baptist's alternative medicine. You can't resolve your way through New Year's grief 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z Raised Southern Baptist in Tulsa, Mr. Champion developed his own voice as a singer in his church choir, and in high school he performed in productions of “The Music Man,” “Carousel” and “Brigadoon.” Alan Champion, Sign-Language Interpreter for Theater, Dies at 55 2011-04-25T14:54:32Z LifeWay Christian Resources, the publishing division of the Southern Baptist Convention which has published her books in the past, also confirmed the break with Moore. Evangelicals lost a major female leader over Trump supporter hypocrisy – will other women follow? 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z There’s the Southern Baptist thing, I get the Southern aspect. 'That '70s Show's' Debra Jo Rupp on her new 'Cake' and breaking the rules — in baking and in life 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z “I grew up in a house that was on my mother’s side Nation of Islam and on my father’s side Southern Baptist,” Jones said. Robert Jones Jr. Is Son of Baldwin, and More 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z They connected over being transplants to New York City from the middle of the country — Ms. Smith from Missouri, and Ms. Harper from a rural Southern Baptist town, Hideaway, in East Texas. An Onstage Wedding Brings a Broadway Happy Ending to Life 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z It all leads up to a concert at a Southern Baptist Church – Seelig’s first time inside one in decades. What happened when a gay choir toured America's Bible belt 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z "The Southern Baptists have lost a powerful champion in a time in which their public witness has already been significantly weakened." Evangelicals lost a major female leader over Trump supporter hypocrisy – will other women follow? 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Malick was raised in Texas in the 1940s and '50s, and as anyone who ever spent time there will tell you, Texas is very much a Southern Baptist part of the United States. Your guide to Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life" 2011-07-02T16:54:00Z A Mississippi-born leader of the Southern Baptist Convention, the bedrock faith of many of the state’s conservatives, wrote, “Let’s take down that flag.” In Mississippi, defenders of state’s Confederate-themed flag dig in 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z “Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul” is a broad farce set in a Southern Baptist megachurch. Sundance is going online, for the second year in a row. Here’s what’s great about that. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Like the Catholic Church, the Southern Baptist Convention almost made a leap that would have brought its teachings into line with compassion and the moral demands of the 21 century. Baptists bank on fire and brimstone 2012-07-11T13:55:00Z For six months, almost no one took notice of the brief filed quietly by Southern Baptists in a case winding its way to the Kentucky Supreme Court. Southern Baptist Leaders Quietly Seek Shield From Abuse Suits 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z The couple are Southern Baptists who host the weekly “Truth Be Told With Mike and Kelly Johnson” podcast that analyzes political and social issues from their religious perspective. Speaker Johnson’s wife shuts down business website that compared homosexuality to bestiality 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z In a survey of 1,000 Protestant pastors, conducted in 2019 by the Southern Baptist Convention’s research division, 62 percent said they had developed plans for responding to an active shooter. Two pastors worry for their congregants’ safety. Are more guns the answer or the problem? 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z “Remember to seek healing over relief. Relief is temporary. Healing is permanent. Pain is temporary,” the Rev. Gary Bragg of the Southern Baptist Church in Lewiston said. More than 1,000 pay tribute to Maine’s mass shooting victims on day of prayer, reflection and hope 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z From 2004 to 2012, Johnson served on board of the policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, whose 13 million members comprise the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Christian right cheers new House speaker, conservative evangelical Mike Johnson, as one of their own 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z None of it appeared to have anything to do with the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Southern Baptist Leaders Quietly Seek Shield From Abuse Suits 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z “Self-care is strategic, not selfish,” said Mark Dance, one of the summit’s speakers, who was a Southern Baptist pastor for nearly three decades and struggled with depression before healing through medication and therapy. Clergy burnout is a growing concern in polarized churches. A summit offers coping strategies 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z He also cited sex abuse scandals, harming “innocent human beings,” in Catholic and Southern Baptist churches. America’s nonreligious are a growing, diverse phenomenon. They really don’t like organized religion 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Brent Leatherwood, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, said the 46,000 churches that comprise the nation’s largest Protestant denomination stand ready to help resettle victims of persecution. Less than half of religious refugees can gain U.S. entry, Christian groups report 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z The Southern Baptist Convention has ousted an Oklahoma church whose pastor defended his blackface performance at one church event and his impersonation of a Native American woman at another. Southern Baptists expel Oklahoma church after pastor defends his blackface and Native caricatures 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z This “dechurching,” as they call it, is apparent in most denominations, reducing the numbers of Presbyterians and Episcopalians and also of evangelicals like Southern Baptists. America is losing faith in religion | Nicholas D. Kristof 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z The interim president and chief executive of the Southern Baptist Convention’s powerful executive committee resigned Thursday over the discovery that he had falsified academic credentials on his résumé. Southern Baptist Convention Leader Resigns Over False Résumé 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Barber shared in the same post that he had granted that request: “Biblical Christianity offers you one and only one response to that plea, fellow Southern Baptists. Yes, Willie, I forgive you.” Southern Baptist leader resigns from top administrative post for lying on his resume about schooling 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z The Rev. Willie McLaurin, interim president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee for the past 18 months, abruptly resigned Thursday after admitting to lying about his academic credentials. Southern Baptist leader out after lying about academic credentials 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z “I’m grateful that the Southern Baptist organization said, ‘We don’t want to have anything to do with this.’” Southern Baptists expel Oklahoma church after pastor defends his blackface and Native caricatures 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z In rural southwest Missouri, pastor Mike Leake of Calvary of Neosho – a Southern Baptist church – says support for Trump within the mostly conservative congregation seems to strengthen the more he is criticized and investigated. Some critics see Trump’s behavior as un-Christian. His conservative Christian backers see a hero 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z He has used the honorific “Dr.” in various publications and biographies, including those issued by the Southern Baptist Convention. Southern Baptist Convention Leader Resigns Over False Résumé 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Leatherwood, a former executive director of the Tennessee Republican Party and now the head of the influential Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy arm, wrote a letter to lawmakers asking them to pass the governor’s proposal. US sets a grim milestone with new record for the deadliest six months of mass killings 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z In 2022, Southern Baptists released a report detailing hundreds of cases of abuse. Southern Baptist leader out after lying about academic credentials 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Since Southern Baptist churches are independent, the convention can’t tell a church what to do or whom to have as a pastor, but it can oust a church from its membership. Southern Baptists expel Oklahoma church after pastor defends his blackface and Native caricatures 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z The Rev. Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, backed Trump in 2020 but said recently on his radio show that he’s now had enough. Some critics see Trump’s behavior as un-Christian. His conservative Christian backers see a hero 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z In a video circulated to Southern Baptists last week, Mr. McLaurin praised the work of the denomination’s pastors, teachers and seminary professors. Southern Baptist Convention Leader Resigns Over False Résumé 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Many conservative religious leaders welcomed the ruling, including Brent Leatherwood, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy wing. Wider than websites? LGBTQ+ advocates fear broader discrimination after Supreme Court ruling 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Less than a month after finalizing the ouster of one of its largest churches for having women pastors, the Southern Baptist Convention has lost another of its biggest congregations. North Carolina megachurch exits Southern Baptist Convention after expulsions over women pastors 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z I was sad to read of the Southern Baptist Convention’s refusal of women pastors. Faith leaders: Embrace expansive roles for women 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z This year’s business meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, held in New Orleans, left one famous Baptist pastor singing the blues. Higher Ground: Inside the return of Catholic chaplains at Walter Reed 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z At their annual meeting in New Orleans this week, Southern Baptists doubled down on their crusade against female clergy. Opinion: What is the Southern Baptists' problem with women? 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z In 1973, not long after President Richard M. Nixon resigned, he offered a prayer at a Southern Baptist breakfast in Washington attended by members of Congress. The Rev. C. Welton Gaddy, Defender of Church-State Divide, Dies at 81 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Influential Southern Baptist leaders have said that preaching is inextricably linked to the role of pastor. North Carolina megachurch exits Southern Baptist Convention after expulsions over women pastors 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Similar condemnation of Pride Nights came from Brent Leatherwood, head of the public policy wing of the Southern Baptist Convention - the country’s largest evangelical denomination. A nun commends Dodgers’ handling of Pride Night controversy; some archbishops call it blasphemy 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Southern Baptists’ decision to purge women from church leadership provides insight into the psyche of the evangelical right ahead of the 2024 election. Donald Trump Has a Polling Problem 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The Southern Baptist Convention rejected appeals from Saddleback, voting to finalize the ouster of the Orange County megachurch over its female pastors. Opinion: What is the Southern Baptists' problem with women? 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z The Rev. Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, told listeners of his syndicated radio show that the Dodgers “completely capitulated.” A nun commends Dodgers’ handling of Pride Night controversy; some archbishops call it blasphemy 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z It maintained that the church’s beliefs are “very much in line” with those of Southern Baptists and has no intention of changing that. North Carolina megachurch exits Southern Baptist Convention after expulsions over women pastors 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Outside the convention hall, the city was draped in rainbow flags, signifying L.G.B.T.Q. pride rather than what the rainbow meant to Southern Baptists: God’s promise to Noah to preserve his people on Earth. Southern Baptists’ Fight Over Female Leaders Shows Power of Insurgent Right 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Fern Creek's pastor told CBS News it was a "sad day for Southern Baptists". Southern Baptists expel US churches with female pastors 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Many lifelong Southern Baptists still bear the scars of those purges. Opinion: What is the Southern Baptists' problem with women? 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z Similar condemnation of Pride Nights came from Brent Leatherwood, head of the public policy wing of the Southern Baptist Convention — the country’s largest evangelical denomination. A nun commends Dodgers’ handling of Pride Night controversy; some archbishops call it blasphemy 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Southern Baptists voted to restrict women in church leadership, opening hundreds of churches to investigation and expulsions. Trump and the Fun Factor 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Southern Baptists needed women “working in our churches” Mr. Lee said, speaking directly to women. Southern Baptists’ Fight Over Female Leaders Shows Power of Insurgent Right 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The Southern Baptist Convention on Wednesday refused to readmit Saddleback Church, rejecting appeals by the Orange County megachurch after it was ousted for having female pastors. Southern Baptists turn their backs on O.C.’s Saddleback Church over its female pastors 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Founded in 1980 by Rick Warren, and one of the largest congregations in the denomination, Warren told me years ago that the church wore the label “Southern Baptist” lightly. Opinion: What is the Southern Baptists' problem with women? 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z The Rev. R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, responded to Mr. Warren’s appeal by citing the history of the doctrinal statement limiting the pastoral role to men. Southern Baptists back male-only pastors, reject Saddleback Church’s reinstatement appeal 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z “No one is asking any Southern Baptist to change their theology,” Mr. Warren said. Southern Baptists Vote to Keep Out Churches With Female Pastors 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The campaign to oust women, pushed by a younger conservative movement outside the Southern Baptist Convention, reveals how the rising hard-right is increasingly intertwined with mainstream evangelicalism. Southern Baptists’ Fight Over Female Leaders Shows Power of Insurgent Right 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z During their annual meeting in New Orleans, Southern Baptist church representatives also voted to uphold the executive committee’s February decision to expel Fern Creek Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., over female pastors. Southern Baptists turn their backs on O.C.’s Saddleback Church over its female pastors 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention say that several of their denomination’s major entities are under investigation by the U.S. Opinion: What is the Southern Baptists' problem with women? 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z “The definition of ‘friendly cooperation’ came down to the fact that it was an issue that would endanger the cooperative cohesion and faithfulness of the church, of the Southern Baptist Convention.” Southern Baptists back male-only pastors, reject Saddleback Church’s reinstatement appeal 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Though most Southern Baptists believe in that principle, they were content for many years to allow individual Baptist churches to make their own leadership decisions. Southern Baptists Vote to Keep Out Churches With Female Pastors 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z At the same time, some of the most prominent Southern Baptists in the country, once seen as mainstream voices, have also cut ties, turned off by the hard-line politics of the right. Southern Baptists’ Fight Over Female Leaders Shows Power of Insurgent Right 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Saddleback Church, based in Lake Forest, is one of the largest congregations in the U.S. and had been the second-largest in the Southern Baptist Convention. Southern Baptists turn their backs on O.C.’s Saddleback Church over its female pastors 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The sad history of the Southern Baptist Convention over the past four decades suggests that narrow, constricted readings of the Bible lead to anger, condemnation and exclusion, even abuse. Opinion: What is the Southern Baptists' problem with women? 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z Southern Baptist church representatives at their annual meeting here also rejected a similar appeal by a smaller church, Fern Creek Baptist of Louisville, Kentucky, which is led by a woman pastor. Southern Baptists refuse to let Saddleback Church back into the denomination for women pastors 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Law compiled a list of more than 170 women who are pastors in Southern Baptist churches, including women serving in roles like “children’s pastor” and “women’s pastor.” Southern Baptists Vote to Keep Out Churches With Female Pastors 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Conflict is inevitable, people across the denomination believe, as Southern Baptists will have to sort out the fate of hundreds more churches with women in positions of leadership. Southern Baptists’ Fight Over Female Leaders Shows Power of Insurgent Right 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The Southern Baptist Convention has ousted Saddleback Church because of its female pastors. Southern Baptists turn their backs on O.C.’s Saddleback Church over its female pastors 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Some leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S., are moving to expel churches led by women. A Simple Test 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Saddleback had been the denomination’s second-largest congregation and until recently was widely touted as a success story amid larger Southern Baptist membership declines. Southern Baptists refuse to let Saddleback Church back into the denomination for women pastors 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The notion that the office of pastor should be reserved for men has been enshrined in various Southern Baptist statements since the 1980s, and is not a topic of controversy in most of its churches. Southern Baptists Vote to Keep Out Churches With Female Pastors 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Already, the focus and rhetoric has left some Southern Baptist women disenchanted, echoing what many women feel more broadly as the country navigates a new landscape on women’s rights. Southern Baptists’ Fight Over Female Leaders Shows Power of Insurgent Right 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Warren asked the Southern Baptist delegates during the meeting to “agree to disagree” on the subject of having female pastors. Southern Baptists turn their backs on O.C.’s Saddleback Church over its female pastors 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The Southern Baptist Convention, a denomination that is often a bellwether for evangelical America, has expelled five churches from the convention this year over their appointment of women as pastors. What’s at Stake as Southern Baptists Move to Bar Women Pastors 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z In February, the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee voted to oust the two congregations, along with three others that chose not to appeal, for having women pastors. Southern Baptists refuse to let Saddleback Church back into the denomination for women pastors 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z But Southern Baptists have also historically revered the principle of congregational autonomy, seeing their denomination as an association bound together by cooperation rather than by hierarchies and creeds. Southern Baptists Vote to Keep Out Churches With Female Pastors 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z But few of his appeals were freighted with as much importance as the three-minute and ten-second address he made Tuesday to the approximately 11,000 delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention’s business meeting. Warren makes emotional appeal to Southern Baptist delegates on women pastors: Bring my church back 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z The Southern Baptist Convention banned female pastors in its Faith and Message doctrine, its statement of core beliefs, in 2000. Southern Baptists turn their backs on O.C.’s Saddleback Church over its female pastors 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Southern Baptists have historically prioritized allowing individual churches to lead as they like, and the denomination is seen as an association rather than a hierarchical organization compared with other Christian traditions, like Catholicism. What’s at Stake as Southern Baptists Move to Bar Women Pastors 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z But now, she read in the letter, officials of the Southern Baptist Convention had received a complaint about her church being led by a woman. Southern Baptists Move to Purge Churches With Female Pastors 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Like many larger Southern Baptist churches, Saddleback does not include the word “Baptist” in its name, and for most of its history it has not emphasized the connection. Southern Baptists Vote to Keep Out Churches With Female Pastors 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Southern Baptist doctrine — established in a document called the “Baptist Faith and Message” — restricts the position of pastor to men. Warren makes emotional appeal to Southern Baptist delegates on women pastors: Bring my church back 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Michael C. Catt, a Southern Baptist pastor in Albany, Georgia, whose congregation launched a pioneering Christian movie studio, died Monday of complications from prostate cancer. ‘Fireproof’ Christian film producer Michael Catt, 70, dies 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z “Most of us believe there is a problem when certain Southern Baptist churches have pastors who are women,” said Josh Hetzler, a South Dakota pastor on the Executive Committee, who favors such an amendment. Saddleback’s Rick Warren ramps up appeals to Southern Baptists to let church with women pastors stay 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z The right wing of the Southern Baptists, the largest Protestant denomination in America, is now — like conservatives more broadly — cracking down on what it sees as dangerous liberal drift. Southern Baptists Move to Purge Churches With Female Pastors 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Kristan Pounders, 30, from Big Level Baptist Church in Wiggins, Miss. said she thought the pastors appealing the expulsions had well-presented arguments, but they were not in agreement with what Southern Baptists believe. Southern Baptists Vote to Keep Out Churches With Female Pastors 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in New Orleans are expected to vote Tuesday on a constitutional ban on women serving “as a pastor of any kind.” Southern Baptists to vote on ban on women pastors at New Orleans meeting 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z He served as a youth pastor at five Southern Baptist churches and as pastor at another congregation before coming to Sherwood Baptist in 1989, retiring in 2021. ‘Fireproof’ Christian film producer Michael Catt, 70, dies 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z He is trying to get the Southern Baptist Convention to reverse its ouster of the California megachurch he founded, Saddleback Church, for having women pastors. Saddleback’s Rick Warren ramps up appeals to Southern Baptists to let church with women pastors stay 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Some Southern Baptists view female leaders as “as an early harbinger of a raft of other changes,” said Joshua Abbotoy, whose church left the denomination last year because of concerns about a liberal drift. Southern Baptists Move to Purge Churches With Female Pastors 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z If there was ever a blueprint for a traditional Southern Baptist worship service, Fern Creek Baptist Church followed it to a tee on a recent Sunday. In a last-ditch effort, longtime Southern Baptist churches expelled for women pastors fight to stay 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z With 13.3 million members, the Southern Baptist Convention is the largest U.S. Southern Baptists to vote on ban on women pastors at New Orleans meeting 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z He was a Southern Baptist, she was a Catholic, earning a master’s in nursing. Pat Robertson dies at 93; founded Christian Broadcasting Network, Christian Coalition 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z A key question is how much energy and fervor Southern Baptists will be able to muster for the GOP presidential primary. For many Southern Baptists, the only campaign question is which Republican candidate to support 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z In an open letter addressed “to all Southern Baptists,” Mr. Warren emphasized the denomination’s history of rejecting the kind of formal creeds that bind many other traditions. Southern Baptists Move to Purge Churches With Female Pastors 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z And because of that, Fern Creek is no longer a Southern Baptist church. In a last-ditch effort, longtime Southern Baptist churches expelled for women pastors fight to stay 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Among the leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, by far the largest evangelical denomination, there’s unified opposition to abortion. America’s religious leaders sharply divided over abortion, a year after Roe v. Wade’s reversal. 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z During Gay Days in the 1990s, hundreds of anti-abortion activists with Operation Rescue protested outside Walt Disney World, and the Southern Baptist Convention cited the gathering in calling for a boycott of all things Disney. LGBTQ+ people flock to Florida for Gay Days festival 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z And like many historically white Protestant denominations, Southern Baptists are graying, with the average age at 55, according to the 2020 Cooperative Election Study. For many Southern Baptists, the only campaign question is which Republican candidate to support 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Historically, Southern Baptists have given priority to the autonomy of individual churches, and have seen their denomination as an association rather than a hierarchical organization. Southern Baptists Move to Purge Churches With Female Pastors 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z In February, the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee voted to oust Fern Creek for having a woman pastor — the same issue it cited for expelling four other churches, including the massive California-based Saddleback Church. In a last-ditch effort, longtime Southern Baptist churches expelled for women pastors fight to stay 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z The late morning event is taking place at Charleston Southern University, Scott’s alma mater and a private school affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. Tim Scott set to announce launch of his 2024 GOP presidential campaign 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Saddleback Church, a Southern California megachurch expelled from the Southern Baptist Convention in February for installing a woman as a “teaching pastor,” will appeal the move at the denomination’s June business meeting. Saddleback, Baptist church with female ‘teaching pastor,’ appeals SBC expulsion 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z And Southern Baptists are experiencing the same media fragmentation that the nation is as a whole. For many Southern Baptists, the only campaign question is which Republican candidate to support 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Membership in Southern Baptist Convention churches has been declining for more than a decade, though with more than 13 million members, it remains the largest Protestant denomination in the United States. Southern Baptists Move to Purge Churches With Female Pastors 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z “I want to worship under that same umbrella and do missions together like Southern Baptists have done all of these years,” Popham said. In a last-ditch effort, longtime Southern Baptist churches expelled for women pastors fight to stay 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Freedom Church, in an earlier letter to national, state and local Southern Baptist entities, disputed any allegation of abuse and asked for additional information about the decision. Saddleback Church appealing its ouster from the Southern Baptists on issue of women pastors 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z In recent months, several of the Southern Baptists’ state affiliates have adopted resolutions embracing the overall thrust of the anti-trans bills. Wave of anti-transgender bills in Republican-led states divides US faith leaders 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z “We’ve had to cross those lines in different ways because of the issues we’re involved in,” such as advocating for immigrants or for reforms in how Southern Baptists deal with issues of abuse. For many Southern Baptists, the only campaign question is which Republican candidate to support 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z The expelled churches will continue to operate, but they will no longer be able to identify themselves as affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention or participate in its programs. Southern Baptists Move to Purge Churches With Female Pastors 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and the primary author of the 2000 revisions to the Baptist Faith and Message, said the issue is not something members can agree to disagree on. In a last-ditch effort, longtime Southern Baptist churches expelled for women pastors fight to stay 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Southern Baptists’ rate of baptisms — seen by many as a better sign of spiritual vitality than membership — are also in long-term decline despite a small post-pandemic bounce in 2022. Saddleback Church appealing its ouster from the Southern Baptists on issue of women pastors 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z In one camp are many legislators who have cited their conservative religious beliefs while promoting these bills, as well as leaders of America’s two largest denominations — the Catholic Church and the Southern Baptist Convention. Wave of anti-transgender bills in Republican-led states divides US faith leaders 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z For Bowman, efforts by many in Republican and Southern Baptist circles to focus on criticizing “wokeness” have served to distract attention from realities of systemic racism, as well as the SBC’s own internal conflicts. For many Southern Baptists, the only campaign question is which Republican candidate to support 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z The geographic distribution of Southern Baptist members varies widely, the 2022 report indicates. Southern Baptists erase decades of membership growth, fall to 1978 level 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z The issue of women in ministry has long been debated among Southern Baptists, dating back to the late 20th century controversies that led to a sharp rightward shift in its leadership. In a last-ditch effort, longtime Southern Baptist churches expelled for women pastors fight to stay 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Saddleback Church, the Southern California megachurch founded by best-selling author Rick Warren, is appealing its ouster from the Southern Baptist Convention for having women pastors on staff, according to the denomination. Saddleback Church appealing its ouster from the Southern Baptists on issue of women pastors 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z In an online article, the Rev. Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, depicted gender transition as “a blatant attempt to undermine the very order of creation.” Wave of anti-transgender bills in Republican-led states divides US faith leaders 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Southern Baptists form a core part of the white evangelical Christian bloc that has reliably and overwhelmingly voted Republican in recent elections, and is expected to again in 2024. For many Southern Baptists, the only campaign question is which Republican candidate to support 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z She tries out temple to the delight of Sylvia, as well as a Southern Baptist church, a Protestant Christmas Eve Mass and even dabbles in Catholic confession. Review: 'Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret' is as lovely and amazing as the Judy Blume novel 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Many Southern Baptist churches that had women pastors left years ago. In a last-ditch effort, longtime Southern Baptist churches expelled for women pastors fight to stay 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z David Sons, chairman of the Executive Committee, said this will be the first time any churches have ever appealed their dismissals to the Southern Baptists’ annual meeting. Saddleback Church appealing its ouster from the Southern Baptists on issue of women pastors 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Southern Baptists have passed resolutions in recent years calling for action on the pandemic of mass killings in the United States. SBC official urges Tennessee lawmakers to pass red-flag law after Nashville shooting 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Albert Mohler - longtime president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary also in Louisville, and one of the denomination’s most prominent leaders - said he hopes “the Republican Party nominee will be someone not named Donald Trump.” For many Southern Baptists, the only campaign question is which Republican candidate to support 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Dr. Stanley built a significant national profile through his church and his television ministry, and in 1984 he was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Charles Stanley, Atlanta Pastor Who Preached to the World, Dies at 90 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Popham has been active in the local association of Southern Baptist churches, and guest speakers at Fern Creek have included some who went on to SBC leadership roles. In a last-ditch effort, longtime Southern Baptist churches expelled for women pastors fight to stay 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z “All the liberal and moderate political forces of the Southern Baptist Convention were against me, which included seminary presidents and state convention newspapers.” Charles Stanley, influential Baptist preacher, dies at 90 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z PLAINS, Ga. — Jimmy Carter already had drawn months of media scrutiny as a devout Southern Baptist running for president. Jimmy Carter and Playboy: How ‘the weirdo factor’ rocked ‘76 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z A runner-up to lead the Southern Baptist Convention, he has said he believes women who get abortions at any stage of pregnancy should face homicide charges — an idea vehemently rejected by most antiabortion advocates. How DeSantis backed a six-week abortion ban — while barely talking about it 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z According to his website, he's also worked as a youth pastor at numerous Southern Baptist churches in Texas. Far-right Texas lawmaker hit with complaint alleging “inappropriate relationship” with an intern 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Fern Creek has had many traditional Southern Baptist hallmarks, including specific women and youth programs. In a last-ditch effort, longtime Southern Baptist churches expelled for women pastors fight to stay 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Reckonings are fewer and further apart, but still, institutions like the Southern Baptist Convention are still being rocked by #MeToo revelations. Of course it's women who are finally holding Trump accountable 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z The Southern Baptist Convention is based here, along with a slew of religious publications. After school shooting, Nashville’s Christian community grapples with guns 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z A Southern Baptist pastor spearheading a drive to ban women from serving as church leaders has released a report noting 170 women in pastoral jobs in violation of the denomination’s men-only doctrine. Southern Baptist pastor cites 170 women in leadership roles in violation of doctrine 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Jason Thacker, a chairman of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, said, in part, that the value of a human life is “fundamentally different from that of mere ‘property’.” Judge Cites 1849 Slavery Law in Ruling Embryos Can Be Considered Property 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Members value the opportunity to give to Southern Baptist missions funds, some bearing the names of stalwart women missionaries in past generations. In a last-ditch effort, longtime Southern Baptist churches expelled for women pastors fight to stay 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Presbyterian, Assemblies of God and Southern Baptist congregations would get a pass from 46% of those responding to that Lifeway poll. Christianity scores most favorably in religion poll, with Scientology and Satanism at bottom 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z She credited her Southern Baptist upbringing for shaping her faith, but stood firm on heeding her calling despite being “at the center of the discussion.” Saddleback Church doubles down on support for female pastors 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Mr. Law has proposed amending the denomination’s constitution to ban women pastors, saying his effort aims to strengthen church unity by clarifying the rules for Southern Baptist churches. Southern Baptist pastor cites 170 women in leadership roles in violation of doctrine 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Last week the Southern Baptist Convention ousted Saddleback Church, one of its largest and highest-profile member churches, from its ranks. 'A very dangerous course': What Saddleback Church ouster means for Southern Baptists 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Now, the Southern Baptist Convention has ousted Saddleback Church, its second-largest congregation. Saddleback Church ordained women. So the Southern Baptist Convention gave it the boot 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z The choice was immediately controversial in Southern Baptist circles. Southern Baptists Expel Saddleback Church Over Female Pastor 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z At the same time, it believes the larger body of Southern Baptists — not just the Executive Committee — should decide whether to maintain fellowship with churches with women pastors. Saddleback Church doubles down on support for female pastors 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z The issue of women serving as Southern Baptist pastors has caused contention in recent years. Southern Baptist pastor cites 170 women in leadership roles in violation of doctrine 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z The Southern Baptist Convention decided Tuesday to oust Saddleback Church, the second-largest congregation of the convention, because it has a female pastor. 'A very dangerous course': What Saddleback Church ouster means for Southern Baptists 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z In 2000, the Southern Baptist Convention added the ban on female pastors to its Faith and Message doctrine. Saddleback Church ordained women. So the Southern Baptist Convention gave it the boot 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z While Mr. Wood heads the church, his wife, Stacie Wood, serves as a “teaching pastor,” a role that includes preaching, and that many see as a violation of the Southern Baptist Convention’s statement of beliefs. Southern Baptists Expel Saddleback Church Over Female Pastor 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z “We feel like the average Southern Baptist would have no problem with this,” she said. Saddleback Church doubles down on support for female pastors 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z The Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday ousted its second-largest congregation — Saddleback Church, the renowned California megachurch founded by pastor and best-selling author Rick Warren — for having a woman pastor. Southern Baptists oust Saddleback Church over woman pastor 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z The Southern Baptist Convention was founded in 1845, conceived as an organization of individual churches with a set of shared beliefs that pool some of their resources, but which are ultimately autonomous. 'A very dangerous course': What Saddleback Church ouster means for Southern Baptists 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Most churches donate to Southern Baptist ministries through the convention’s Cooperative Program, whose primary focuses are missionary work and training pastors. Southern Baptists passed abuse reforms. Now they have to make them stick. 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Though Saddleback was affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, the church did not use the word Baptist in its name or foreground any connection to the denomination. Southern Baptists Expel Saddleback Church Over Female Pastor 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z “The other reason is to be a change agent for women in the Southern Baptist Convention — for all those young girls, for all those young people God is calling into ministry.” Saddleback Church doubles down on support for female pastors 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z He made an emotional speech in June 2022 at the Southern Baptists’ annual convention in Anaheim, standing by his ordination of women. Southern Baptists oust Saddleback Church over woman pastor 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Now, some Southern Baptists fear an ultraconservative ideological wing of the organization is imposing its own beliefs and values on other churches. 'A very dangerous course': What Saddleback Church ouster means for Southern Baptists 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z For Southern Baptists, almost all of the cooperation with the reforms will be voluntary. Southern Baptists passed abuse reforms. Now they have to make them stick. 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z The Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday decided to expel one of its largest and most prominent churches, Saddleback Church in Southern California, over the church’s installment of a woman as pastor. Southern Baptists Expel Saddleback Church Over Female Pastor 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z In her Feb. 23 post, Stacie Wood called herself “a Southern Baptist girl born and bred” and expressed gratitude for how those roots shaped her faith. Saddleback Church doubles down on support for female pastors 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z While Southern Baptists’ statement of faith officially opposes women as pastors, each congregation is self-governing, so the main enforcement mechanism is to oust it from membership. Southern Baptists oust Saddleback Church over woman pastor 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z A Southern Baptist pastor on thinking, talking and praying about the recent sex abuse scandal. 'A very dangerous course': What Saddleback Church ouster means for Southern Baptists 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z The Southern Baptist department formerly led by Moore – the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission —- has been monitoring artificial-intelligence developments for several years under the direction of Jason Thacker, its chair of research in technology ethics. Pastors’ view: Sermons written by ChatGPT will have no soul 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z The Southern Baptist Convention’s executive committee includes about 30 staff members and a board of 86 elected representatives, comprising men and women. Southern Baptists Expel Saddleback Church Over Female Pastor 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z “We partnered with Southern Baptists who helped us get started, but we’ve also been delighted to partner with many different church leaders from a variety of denominations to advance the Gospel,” she said. Saddleback Church doubles down on support for female pastors 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Also weighing in with an online essay was the Rev. Russell Moore, formerly head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy division and now editor-in-chief of the evangelical magazine Christianity Today. Pastors’ view: Sermons written by ChatGPT will have no soul 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z The Southern Baptists have never had any significant number of churches that have been pastored by women. 'A very dangerous course': What Saddleback Church ouster means for Southern Baptists 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Hamilton Cain, a former finalist for a National Magazine Award, is a book critic and the author of “This Boy’s Faith: Notes from a Southern Baptist Upbringing.” Review | ‘Our Share of Night’ is a masterpiece of supernatural horror 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z At the convention’s larger meeting in 2022, Southern Baptists debated whether to oust Saddleback. Southern Baptists Expel Saddleback Church Over Female Pastor 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Pastor Linda Smith of Calvary Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi, a former Southern Baptist missionary, said her church doesn’t expect to appeal. Saddleback Church doubles down on support for female pastors 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z The Southern Baptist department formerly led by Moore – the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission — has been monitoring artificial-intelligence developments for several years under the direction of Jason Thacker, its chair of research in technology ethics. Pastors’ view: Sermons written by ChatGPT will have no soul 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z All trends in theological education indicate that fewer and fewer men are going to seminary and seeking the degrees that have historically been conferred upon pastors in Southern Baptist life. 'A very dangerous course': What Saddleback Church ouster means for Southern Baptists 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Dumpling and noodle houses dot boulevards running alongside the bell tower of St. Stephen Martyr Catholic Church and a Southern Baptist church with long-established Chinese, Vietnamese and Taiwanese congregations. Monterey Park’s Asian diaspora adopts new rite: Mourning after gun violence 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Tiffany Thigpen, an abuse survivor and longtime advocate of abuse victims, told Religion News Service in November that Hunt’s return to ministry was a sign that Southern Baptist culture has yet to change. Johnny Hunt, disgraced former SBC pastor, makes defiant return to the pulpit 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z After the release in spring 2022 of a major report detailing decades of mistreatment of survivors, Southern Baptist leaders pledged to change. Dispute over abuse hotline reveals how far the SBC still has to go 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Hamilton Cain is contributing books editor at Oprah Daily and the author of “This Boy’s Faith: Notes From a Southern Baptist Upbringing.” Review | The spirit of E.M. Forster hangs over Tom Crewe’s ‘The New Life’ 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z If there are 47,000 Southern Baptist churches and 20 years from now you only have 20,0000 men who want to be pastors, there are going to be some tough decisions to be made. 'A very dangerous course': What Saddleback Church ouster means for Southern Baptists 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Hice, a former Southern Baptist pastor in Georgia before serving in Congress, said in an interview he was “extremely honored and excited to be able to join the FRC team starting in January.” Outgoing Georgia Rep. Jody Hice to join evangelical advocacy group for senior adviser role 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z Her reasoning: doing so would violate her First Amendment right as an artist by forcing her to create a product that goes against her Southern Baptist beliefs on marriage. Business owners don’t have right to discriminate against same-sex couples 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z The conflict also revealed a deeper challenge for Southern Baptist leaders trying to address abuse in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Dispute over abuse hotline reveals how far the SBC still has to go 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z “As silly as this debate is, it’s also morally serious in its own way,” said Andrew Walker, an ethicist at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Fears of Violence Rise on New Front in Gender Debate: Drag Shows 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z There is no such thing as a coincidence in Southern Baptist confession of faith. 'A very dangerous course': What Saddleback Church ouster means for Southern Baptists 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Moore is the rare evangelical leader who has consistently opposed Trump, a stance that nearly cost him his former job as president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. The empty gestures of disillusioned evangelicals 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Other religious groups, such as the Southern Baptist Convention, strongly opposed the legislation even after the religious freedom protections were added. U.S. House expected to pass same-sex marriage bill, showing shift in attitudes 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Southern Baptist leaders disavowed that letter last year. Dispute over abuse hotline reveals how far the SBC still has to go 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z The current president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Bart Barber, strongly condemned the idea of Mr. Hunt’s return last week. Popular Pastor Returns After Absence Over an ‘Inappropriate’ Online Relationship 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z For Rick to do what he did in Southern California required some different strategies and different ways of communicating, and that was unsettling to traditional hard-line Southern Baptists. 'A very dangerous course': What Saddleback Church ouster means for Southern Baptists 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z But a group of pastors announced last week that Hunt has been restored to ministry, less than six months after Southern Baptists passed changes designed to address a sex abuse crisis. SBC president says disgraced predecessor is unfit to return to ministry 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z They do not speak for the Southern Baptist Convention.” Former Southern Baptist leader accused of sexual abuse not restored to ministry, says president 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z For years, Southern Baptist Convention leaders refused to listen to abuse survivors, ignoring their concerns and labeling them enemies of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Dispute over abuse hotline reveals how far the SBC still has to go 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Other Christian groups with conservative leadership, including the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Southern Baptist Convention, have not come out in support of the legislation. Mormon Church Backs Bill Supporting Same-Sex Marriage 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Today, the Southern Baptist Convention is increasingly homogeneous. 'A very dangerous course': What Saddleback Church ouster means for Southern Baptists 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Tiffany Thigpen, an abuse survivor and longtime victims’ advocate, said Hunt’s return to ministry is a sign that the legislated policies have yet to change Southern Baptist culture. SBC president says disgraced predecessor is unfit to return to ministry 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z The head of the Southern Baptist’s public policy arm, Brent Leatherwood of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, faulted the bill’s Senate backers for pushing legislation “that will only divide us.” Faith groups split over bill to protect same-sex marriage 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Hamilton Cain is the author of “This Boy’s Faith: Notes From a Southern Baptist Upbringing” and contributing books editor at Oprah Daily. Review | In Lynn Steger Strong’s ‘Flight,’ Christmas is a nightmare 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, said rejection of that measure in his state was an “unmitigated disaster.” Midterms reinforce Christian voter trends on abortion, GOP 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Among those who worry about an increasingly authoritarian stance by the SBC is Benjamin Cole, 46, a former Southern Baptist pastor in Texas who has been attending Southern Baptist conventions for nearly 30 years. 'A very dangerous course': What Saddleback Church ouster means for Southern Baptists 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z In Florida, DeSantis' rally included a comparatively staid invocation by Southern Baptist pastor Tom Ascol, the runner-up in last June's election to lead the largest Protestant denomination in the United States. Did Christian nationalism lose in the midterms? Sort of — but it's not going away 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Conference of Catholic Bishops and leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention remain opposed, saying the bill – even with a newly added amendment aimed at attracting Republican support – is a dire threat to religious liberty. Faith groups split over bill to protect same-sex marriage 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z The Southern Baptist Convention, with its 13.68 million members, is the largest Protestant congregation in the U.S. United Methodists to meet in 2024 on dividing up church property 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Dan Trippie, a Southern Baptist pastor at Restoration Church in Buffalo, New York, has been urging his youthful, ethnically diverse congregation to support candidates who might seek middle ground on some important issues. As midterms near, clergy preach politics and civics lessons 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z “Southern Baptists have always been more concerned about distributing life jackets to people who are drowning than straitjackets,” he said. 'A very dangerous course': What Saddleback Church ouster means for Southern Baptists 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z But, Kaylor continued, "If DeSantis can gain support from Southern Baptists and other evangelicals" — a much larger pool of voters — "he could find a path to victory in the presidential primaries." Did Christian nationalism lose in the midterms? Sort of — but it's not going away 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z The Rev. Drew Hill of Memorial Baptist Church said his congregation “has not been affiliated with Southern Baptists for many years” and he has informed Mr. Law of that. Southern Baptist pastor in Northern Virginia issues amendment to exclude women as pastors 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Warren made an emotional speech in June at the Southern Baptists’ annual convention in Anaheim standing by his ordination of women. New Saddleback pastor sees women clergy in church’s future 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z He conceded that the Southern Baptist’s executive committee had neglected victims’ appeals. Southern Baptist leader’s remarks on church sex-abuse cases fall far short, says survivor 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Someone or some groups of people formally submitted Saddleback Church for inquiry by the credentials committee to examine whether or not the church had fallen out of close fellowship with Southern Baptists. 'A very dangerous course': What Saddleback Church ouster means for Southern Baptists 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Dozens of people gathered in a fluorescent hall of First Baptist Atlanta, a prominent Southern Baptist church. ‘Saved by Grace’: Evangelicals Find a Way Forward With Herschel Walker 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z The Southern Baptist constitution requires an amendment to receive a two-thirds vote at each of two consecutive annual meetings of delegates, known as “messengers.” Southern Baptist pastor in Northern Virginia issues amendment to exclude women as pastors 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z We’re talking more conservative than Southern Baptists, Fox “News” and the GOP combined. Money no longer fears LGBTQ people 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z In May, D.C.-based Guidepost Solutions released a massive report detailing hundreds of sexual-abuse allegations involving Southern Baptist Convention pastors, lay members and workers at church-affiliated seminaries, universities and colleges. Southern Baptist leader’s remarks on church sex-abuse cases fall far short, says survivor 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z A scroll through Twitter is all you have to do to find out the number of intemperate pastors Southern Baptists have. 'A very dangerous course': What Saddleback Church ouster means for Southern Baptists 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z After a two-hour afternoon nap, he drove to Dallas and flew to Nashville, Tennessee, for meetings at the Southern Baptist Convention headquarters. Amid crises, rural roots anchor Southern Baptists’ president 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z A Southern Baptist pastor in Northern Virginia is calling for the denomination’s Executive Committee to advance an amendment to its constitution that would explicitly exclude women from holding the title of pastor. Southern Baptist pastor in Northern Virginia issues amendment to exclude women as pastors 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z That changed in June as delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in Anaheim, California, chose Barber to lead the nation’s largest Protestant denomination at a time of major crisis. Amid crises, rural roots anchor Southern Baptists’ president 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z The school also accused Patterson of stealing seminary property and confidential donor information in its 2021 report to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting. Southern Baptist departures continue as major seminary president resigns 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z The family was attending a conservative Southern Baptist church in the Greensboro, North Carolina, area that considered homosexual activity to be sinful. LGBTQ-friendly church OK with getting Southern Baptist boot 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z After three nights there, he caught a ride to Louisville, Kentucky, where he stayed overnight Wednesday and spoke Thursday at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, the oldest of the SBC’s six seminaries. Amid crises, rural roots anchor Southern Baptists’ president 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z As of Monday morning, 805 Southern Baptist Convention pastors and officials had signed the letter. Southern Baptist pastor in Northern Virginia issues amendment to exclude women as pastors 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z It laid out the findings of an independent probe detailing how Southern Baptist leaders stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over two decades while seeking to protect their own reputations. Amid crises, rural roots anchor Southern Baptists’ president 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z The president of one of the Southern Baptist Convention’s largest seminaries has resigned, less than four years after taking office. Southern Baptist departures continue as major seminary president resigns 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z But the very thing that prompted the Southern Baptists’ disapproval is what attracted the Joyces themselves to College Park. LGBTQ-friendly church OK with getting Southern Baptist boot 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z “To many Southern Baptists, Bart is an appealing president precisely because he does not pastor a suburban megachurch or lead a seminary,” Finn said via email. Amid crises, rural roots anchor Southern Baptists’ president 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z Not all of the congregations say they are affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. Southern Baptist pastor in Northern Virginia issues amendment to exclude women as pastors 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Barber grew up in a Southern Baptist family in Lake City, Arkansas. Amid crises, rural roots anchor Southern Baptists’ president 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z He will take a new role at the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board, according to an announcement from the seminary. Southern Baptist departures continue as major seminary president resigns 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z The Rev. Michael Usey, the lead pastor, said that Southern Baptist officials actually identified the church’s ethos correctly. LGBTQ-friendly church OK with getting Southern Baptist boot 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z “He pastors a ‘normal’ Southern Baptist church and sounds like the pastor down the road. Amid crises, rural roots anchor Southern Baptists’ president 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z Mike Keahbone, vice chair of the task force, said it is working to hire personnel to receive and investigate reports of abuse and of the mishandling of abuse in Southern Baptist circles. Southern Baptists cut ties with LGBTQ-friendly church 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z After a nap, he drove to Dallas and flew to Nashville, Tennessee, for meetings at the Southern Baptist Convention headquarters. Amid crises, rural roots anchor Southern Baptists’ president 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z “He came to Southwestern Seminary during a difficult time of transition and has worked tirelessly to lead the institution to serve well the churches of the Southern Baptist Convention.” Southern Baptist departures continue as major seminary president resigns 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z They’d been receiving registered letters from Southern Baptist officials in recent months, explaining that the church was still listed on its rolls and seeking more information, Usey said. LGBTQ-friendly church OK with getting Southern Baptist boot 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z I think many find him to be a breath of fresh air as well as a thoughtful voice to represent Southern Baptists to the outside world. Amid crises, rural roots anchor Southern Baptists’ president 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z The executive committee on Tuesday also added a “Caring Well Sunday” to the official Southern Baptist calendar of activities, which would aim to spread awareness and education about abuse. Southern Baptists cut ties with LGBTQ-friendly church 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Brewer attends a Southern Baptist church, but she had no clue about Barber’s role with the SBC. Amid crises, rural roots anchor Southern Baptists’ president 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z “We have done our best to serve Southern Baptists by helping position our seminary for the future, but much, much work remains to be done,” he said. Southern Baptist departures continue as major seminary president resigns 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, the Southern Baptists’ state affiliate, sent similar inquiries, he said. LGBTQ-friendly church OK with getting Southern Baptist boot 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Mike Keahbone, vice chair of the task force, said it is working to hire personnel to receive and investigate reports of abuse and of mishandling abuse in Southern Baptist circles. Southern Baptists cut ties with LGBTQ-friendly church 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z He earned a Ph.D. at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and is best known for his theological study of mission work. Nation’s largest interdenominational seminary picks first Black president 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Brent Leatherwood, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy agency, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, said such actions “seem to be more about public relations.” Cruel or harmless? Pastors mixed on GOP migrant transports 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z The leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention said last month that the church was under investigation by the Justice Department in the matter and that it would “fully and completely cooperate.” Southern Baptists to keep promoting ‘life, religious liberty, marriage’ protections via policy arm 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Southern Baptist churches are self-governing, so the convention can’t tell them what to do or believe. LGBTQ-friendly church OK with getting Southern Baptist boot 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z The Executive Committee on Tuesday also added a “Caring Well Sunday” to the official Southern Baptist calendar of activities, which would aim to spread awareness and education about abuse. Southern Baptists cut ties with LGBTQ-friendly church 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Leading Southern Baptist theologian Albert Mohler will close the conference Tuesday night. Ron DeSantis tries out 2024 pitch, vowing vengeance on Big Tech and "woke" capitalism 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Most Americans, including Southern Baptists, “want a solution to our broken immigration system,” Leatherwood added. Cruel or harmless? Pastors mixed on GOP migrant transports 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Moore’s departure from the denomination was seen by many as a voice against those Southern Baptists who still support former President Donald Trump, even after the Jan. 6, 2021 protests at the U.S. Southern Baptists to keep promoting ‘life, religious liberty, marriage’ protections via policy arm 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Founded by Southern Baptists in 1906, it supported the civil rights sit-in at the Greensboro Woolworth’s in 1960, began ordaining women in the 1980s and became openly LGBTQ-affirming about two decades ago, he said. LGBTQ-friendly church OK with getting Southern Baptist boot 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z “There is no place, there is no tolerance for abuse in a Southern Baptist church.” Southern Baptists cut ties with LGBTQ-friendly church 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z “If you think about the Catholic Church, the Southern Baptist Convention, or Penn State for that matter, eventually the dirty laundry gets aired.” What’s Behind the Pileup of Sex Abuse Scandals? 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Matt Chandler, the lead pastor at the Village Church, which operates under the Southern Baptist sect, announced this week that he's resigning his position after having an Instagram relationship. Anti-LGBTQ megachurch pastor resigns after getting busted in “unhealthy” Instagram relationship 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z In 2021, the church also ordained female pastors, a move that put the church at odds with the most conservative voices of Southern Baptist churches. Pastor Rick Warren's final Saddleback Church sermon is a lot like his first one in 1980 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Brown plays husband to Hall and the pastor of a Southern Baptist megachurch that needs a big comeback in the aftermath of a scandal. New this week: ‘Lord of the Rings’ prequel, ‘Honk for Jesus’ 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Her true passion, however, was to evangelize and minister, and she undertook a campaign to urge the Southern Baptist missionaries to allow women to work beyond the classroom. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Southern Baptist churches operate independently from one another, but the Nashville-based Executive Committee distributes more than $190 million through its cooperative program in its annual budget that funds its missions, seminaries and ministries. Justice Dept. investigating Southern Baptist Convention handling of sex abuse 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Pastors and church members have been openly frustrated in recent years at what they described as inaction by the Southern Baptist Convention. Southern Baptist Convention Says It Faces Federal Investigation for Sexual Abuse 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z During the annual Southern Baptist Convention earlier this year, a faction considered kicking out Saddleback Church, which is considered to be in “friendly cooperation” with Southern Baptist churches. Pastor Rick Warren's final Saddleback Church sermon is a lot like his first one in 1980 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z He is a Black minister in the predominately white Southern Baptist Convention, which was founded in 1845 in support of slaveholding missionaries. Church apologies: Top leaders say sorry for historical sins 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z Her letter campaign back to the head of the Mission Board provided a vivid picture of life in China and exhorted the Southern Baptist women to give more generously of their money and their time. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Evidence in the report suggests leaders also told Southern Baptists they could not maintain a database of offenders to prevent more abuse while secretly keeping such a list for years. Justice Dept. investigating Southern Baptist Convention handling of sex abuse 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z The Southern Baptist Convention was created in 1845 when Southern Baptists split from northerners over the issue of slavery, which the southerners at the time supported and the northerners opposed. Southern Baptist Convention Says It Faces Federal Investigation for Sexual Abuse 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Except for one thing: A month before the church’s pastor, Bart Barber, had been elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Southern Baptists’ new president shines spotlight on rural churches 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z For example, the Southern Baptist Convention, evangelicalism's most significant denomination, took moderate positions on abortion in the 1950s and 1960s, while leading Baptist pastors and theologians rarely preached or wrote on the issue. Controlling bodies and subverting democracy: How Dobbs is an attack on us all 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z A “rightly determined” ruling, said the Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy arm. Some Muslims, Jews welcome court ruling allowing football coach to pray 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Other denominations also have seen some coronavirus cases as they have resumed meetings in person this summer, including the Southern Baptist Convention, the Presbyterian Church and the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Episcopal Church to study its role in federal Indian boarding schools 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Abolitionist views have picked up support in the ultraconservative wing of the Southern Baptist Convention, the country’s largest Protestant denomination. Inside the Extreme Effort to Punish Women for Abortion 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z He wants to champion the unheard voices of Southern Baptists in the far-flung, often isolated rural churches like his. Southern Baptists’ new president shines spotlight on rural churches 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Scholar Susan M. Shaw, who has long studied the Southern Baptists, explained that they have not always been opposed to abortion. "Interesting shift": America’s religious groups are divided on abortion 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z For Southern Baptists across the nation, Friday was a day of triumph, rejoicing and praising God. In the wake of Dobbs, antiabortion religious leaders vow to support women 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z For Albert Mohler Jr, an evangelical Baptist and president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe "was absolutely necessary". Roe v Wade: Church that helped Jane Roe still aids abortion-seekers 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z “We have been listening to and following the wrong leaders,” said Tom Ascol, a prominent ultraconservative Southern Baptist pastor, a week after the Supreme Court decision. Inside the Extreme Effort to Punish Women for Abortion 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Nancy Gilmer, who has been missions director at Barber’s church since 2017 and a “Southern Baptist since before I was born,” agreed that focusing on rural churches made strategic sense. Southern Baptists’ new president shines spotlight on rural churches 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z According to Shaw, the change in Southern Baptist views started in the 1980s, when a more conservative group took charge of the denomination. "Interesting shift": America’s religious groups are divided on abortion 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Southern Baptists, who are members of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, are staunch supporters of anti-abortion views. After Roe’s demise, clergy lead faithful in praise, laments 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z The revelation of Lankford’s testimony comes at a difficult moment for the Southern Baptist Convention. Senator in 2010 deposition: 13-year-olds can consent to sex 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Ascol, came in second in the recent election for president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Inside the Extreme Effort to Punish Women for Abortion 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z The majority of Southern Baptist churches have 100 members or fewer, Gilmer said. Southern Baptists’ new president shines spotlight on rural churches 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Bart Barber, the newly elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention and the pastor of First Baptist Church of Farmersville, Texas, thought of his two adopted children, now ages 16 and 19. For Conservative Christians, the End of Roe Was a Spiritual Victory 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z The ruling also was welcomed by many evangelical Christian leaders, including Bart Barber, newly elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. From joy to anger, faith leaders react to Roe’s reversal 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z While the Catholic Church opposed abortion, the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest evangelical denomination, was on record saying it should be allowed in many circumstances. Explainer: How abortion became a divisive issue in U.S. politics 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z "I think some Southern Baptists lost their minds when a Black man was elected president -- not all, but some," Smith said. Black pastor torches Christian leaders that became “whores” for Trump at Southern Baptist convention 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z For his part, Barber often talks and tweets about an “army of peacemakers,” referring to a grass-roots coalition of Southern Baptists who can find unity in the Bible. Southern Baptists’ new president shines spotlight on rural churches 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z He then urged Southern Baptists to set aside their differences and work together to spread the gospel around the world. Saddleback still Southern Baptist for now, after surprise appeal by Rick Warren 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Southern Baptists “rejoice at the ruling,” he said. From joy to anger, faith leaders react to Roe’s reversal 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z In 1980, the Southern Baptist Convention passed a resolution opposing abortion, reversing its earlier position. Explainer: How abortion became a divisive issue in U.S. politics 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z No Southern Baptists were named in a recent Bureau of Indian Affairs Investigative Report, but the group felt a need to condemn the actions it described. Southern Baptist business meeting ends, but sex-abuse, other challenges remain 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z ANAHEIM, California — The new president of America’s largest Protestant denomination declared Thursday there would no longer be a “hunting ground” for sexual predators in Southern Baptist churches. Southern Baptist churches must be ‘dangerous places’ for sexual predators, new president says 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Mohler served on the committee that revised the SBC statement of faith to include the ban on women pastors and said Southern Baptists know what the word “pastor” means. Saddleback still Southern Baptist for now, after surprise appeal by Rick Warren 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Barber repeatedly called for Southern Baptists to find common ground despite their differences over issues such as race and gender roles. New SBC President commits to move sex abuse reforms forward 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Southern Baptists: This week, the country’s largest Protestant denomination will elect a leader and determine its response to a sex abuse scandal. What the Changing Tech Market Means for California’s Economy 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Saddleback, led by outgoing senior pastor the Rev. Rick Warren, had ordained three women as pastors, which critics said violated Southern Baptist rules. Southern Baptist business meeting ends, but sex-abuse, other challenges remain 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z He declared that church administrative practices — known as “polity” among Southern Baptists and members of other denominations — must be turned against those who would injure church members. Southern Baptist churches must be ‘dangerous places’ for sexual predators, new president says 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Some Southern Baptists say that the ban on women pastors only applies to the senior pastor of a church. Saddleback still Southern Baptist for now, after surprise appeal by Rick Warren 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z “I do believe we have seen some unhealthy ways recently that secular politics have dominated the conversation here in the Southern Baptist Convention,” Barber said. New SBC President commits to move sex abuse reforms forward 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Although the Southern Baptist Convention is further right than ever before, this year's election revolves around charges that it's being overrun by "wokeism." Southern Baptist battle goes full MAGA: Far right seeks to purge CRT and "Race Marxism" 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Like other conservative evangelical groups across the country, Southern Baptists have been divided in recent years over issues such as racial justice, abortion and the idea of liberalism overtaking the denomination. Southern Baptists vote on sex abuse proposals, debate female pastors 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Both projects will be funded by Send Relief, a Southern Baptist Convention aid agency, and not from denominational monies allocated for evangelism. Southern Baptist churches must be ‘dangerous places’ for sexual predators, new president says 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Dwight McKissick, senior pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, who is Black, brought up a motion to remove the names of slaveholders from buildings and endowed chairs at Southern Baptist seminaries. Southern Baptist Convention in Anaheim approves resolutions designed to fight sex abuse 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Expressing anger on Twitter and “trying to own” people instead of solving problems has only deepened divisions among Southern Baptists, he said. New SBC President commits to move sex abuse reforms forward 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z While he has rejected critical race theory, Barber has said he would like to see the denomination be inclusive and accepting of all Southern Baptist congregations. Texas pastor Bart Barber elected Southern Baptist president 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z In another resolution, they focus on the failures of the Southern Baptist Convention around sex abuse, and name and apologize to specific survivors with their permission. Southern Baptists vote on sex abuse proposals, debate female pastors 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Southern Baptists will also spend $1 million to start a “survivor care fund” that will provide counseling and other services to victims. Southern Baptists vote ‘bare minimum’ steps dealing with sexual abuse 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z California is home to roughly 2,500 Southern Baptist churches and far more diverse congregations than other states. Southern Baptist Convention in Anaheim approves resolutions designed to fight sex abuse 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Texas pastor Bart Barber’s first priority: to assemble a panel of people — Southern Baptist leaders and experts — to shepherd this work for the whole convention as mandated by thousands of representatives from local SBC churches. New SBC President commits to move sex abuse reforms forward 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z It has been controversial in Southern Baptist circles for decades. Texas pastor Bart Barber elected Southern Baptist president 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z In a resolution on abortion, Southern Baptists urge the Supreme Court to overturn the abortion-related precedents set in Roe v. Southern Baptists vote on sex abuse proposals, debate female pastors 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Debbie Vasquez, who said her abuse at the hands of a Southern Baptist pastor began when she was 14, said she was pleased with the outcome of Tuesday’s vote. Southern Baptists vote ‘bare minimum’ steps dealing with sexual abuse 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z For example, only 25% of the Southern Baptist churches near Anaheim have services in English. Southern Baptist Convention in Anaheim approves resolutions designed to fight sex abuse 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z But at least one of their preferred candidates prevailed in a narrow vote — Victor Chayasirisobhon, pastor of First Southern Baptist Church of Anaheim, for first vice president. New SBC President commits to move sex abuse reforms forward 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z While many prominent Southern Baptists promote Calvinism, Barber says he can’t accept one of its tenets — that God only predestines some to be saved. Texas pastor Bart Barber elected Southern Baptist president 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Southern Baptists at the meeting, who are called “messengers,” voted to elect their next leader, which was seen as shaping the direction of the 13.7 million-member denomination. Southern Baptists vote on sex abuse proposals, debate female pastors 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z The vote came three weeks after the release of a blockbuster report by an outside consultant on the long-simmering scandal, revealing that Southern Baptist leaders mishandled abuse cases and stonewalled victims for years. Southern Baptists agree to keep list of accused sex abusers 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Southern Baptists overwhelmingly believe that sex is permissible only between a man and a woman in marriage. Southern Baptist Convention in Anaheim approves resolutions designed to fight sex abuse 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z But throughout the meeting, hardline Southern Baptists voiced a slate of criticisms from the convention hall floor. New SBC President commits to move sex abuse reforms forward 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Yet Barber, elected Tuesday as the new president of the Southern Baptist Convention, says he has a track record of dialogue with those who disagree on those and other issues. Texas pastor Bart Barber elected Southern Baptist president 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z This year, she said, more than half of the Southern Baptists they asked to take a ribbon did. Southern Baptists vote on sex abuse proposals, debate female pastors 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Thousands of Southern Baptists are here in Anaheim for their big national meeting. Southern Baptists agree to keep list of accused sex abusers 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z This week, with all those pressures bearing down, thousands of Southern Baptists are gathering for an annual meeting that may prove to be its most consequential in decades. Southern Baptists, Battling Divisions, Gather for ‘Historic’ Convention 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z ANAHEIM, Calif. — Southern Baptists filled a cavernous hotel ballroom Sunday to hear a warning: Don’t cooperate or compromise with the Devil. As Southern Baptists gather, right-wing faction sounds alarms 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z But he said Southern Baptists can work together despite these differences. Texas pastor Bart Barber elected Southern Baptist president 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Brad Eubank, pastor of Petal First Baptist Church in Petal, Miss., who identified himself as a sex abuse survivor, stood at a microphone Tuesday evening and urged his fellow Southern Baptists to adopt the recommendations. Southern Baptists vote on sex abuse proposals, debate female pastors 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Calls for reform will be prominent this week in Anaheim, California, when the Southern Baptist Convention holds its annual meeting following an outside report that concluded its leaders mishandled abuse cases and stonewalled victims. #ChurchToo revelations growing, years after movement began 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z For Southern Baptists, at stake is not just internal policy and leadership, but the fractious group’s long-term priorities and its approach to an array of increasingly contentious social issues. Southern Baptists, Battling Divisions, Gather for ‘Historic’ Convention 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z And this week, as their huge denomination gathers for its annual meeting and to elect a new president, the urgent warning was aimed at their fellow Southern Baptists. As Southern Baptists gather, right-wing faction sounds alarms 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z In an era when many churches have multiple ministers on staff, Southern Baptists have been debating how to apply their official stance that “the office of pastor is limited to men.” Texas pastor Bart Barber elected Southern Baptist president 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z In 2019, some abuse survivors were asked to remain outside convention halls because they were no longer Southern Baptist. Southern Baptists vote on sex abuse proposals, debate female pastors 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Is that standard in most Southern Baptist churches? Q&A: Talking about the Southern Baptist sex abuse scandal with Pastor P.J. Tibayan 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z “In the Southern Baptist Convention, there is a divide,” he said. Southern Baptists, Battling Divisions, Gather for ‘Historic’ Convention 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Nearly 10,000 Southern Baptists are expected to vote on business matters Tuesday and Wednesday, including revisions to policies on sex abuse. As Southern Baptists gather, right-wing faction sounds alarms 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z “Southern Baptists are grieving for survivors of abuse and are seeking ways to better safeguard children and families,” the statement said. Calls for SBC to cut ties with Guidepost Solutions greet firm’s Pride Month tweet 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Southern Baptists were also expected to decide whether to cut ties with California megachurch Saddleback Church, one of the largest in the denomination, over plans to hire a female teaching pastor. Southern Baptists vote on sex abuse proposals, debate female pastors 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z The report was commissioned by the SBC executive committee at the 2021 meeting with the support of an overwhelming majority of delegates from Southern Baptist churches, known as “messengers.” Q&A: Talking about the Southern Baptist sex abuse scandal with Pastor P.J. Tibayan 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z ANAHEIM, Calif. — In recent years, the Southern Baptist Convention has grappled with declining membership, high-profile departures and a sprawling sex abuse scandal. Southern Baptists, Battling Divisions, Gather for ‘Historic’ Convention 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z When former Biola professor Lisa Swain considers the division on campus, she is reminded of the schism that emerged last year within the country’s largest evangelical denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention. CRT, Trumpism and doubt roil Biola University. Is this the future of evangelical Christianity? 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Southern Baptist leaders repeatedly tried to derail the investigation. Calls for SBC to cut ties with Guidepost Solutions greet firm’s Pride Month tweet 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z The ordinations renewed a battle among Southern Baptists over whether women can be considered pastors, as opposed to having them serve as preachers or Bible teachers. Southern Baptists vote on sex abuse proposals, debate female pastors 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z One week after the Southern Baptist Convention’s executive committee voted to recommend spending millions to address the denomination’s sex-abuse crisis, a related charity pledged to help with funding. Baptist relief group pledges $4 million to implement abuse task force ideas, fund victims’ care 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z A Southern Baptist spokesman did not immediately respond to a reporter’s request for comment. Abuse survivors call for more action than proposed by Southern Baptists’ task force 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z “It tends to be the Southern Baptist colleges where you hear about something like this.” Seattle Pacific University students continue sit-in over anti-LGBTQ+ policy, want trustees to resign 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Just last week, a Southern Baptist Convention report documented decades of abuse within the denomination, which has about 15 million members in the United States. Weinstein’s Sex Crime Conviction, a Milestone for #MeToo, Is Upheld 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Al Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, said from the floor Tuesday that he thinks the confessional statement Baptists agree on is clear that women should not be considered pastors. Southern Baptists vote on sex abuse proposals, debate female pastors 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z The money will come from “undesignated funds” the charity has, and not from Southern Baptist funds designated for missionaries and evangelism. Baptist relief group pledges $4 million to implement abuse task force ideas, fund victims’ care 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z A Southern Baptist Convention spokesman did not immediately respond to a reporter’s question regarding the omission of victim compensation from the proposals suggested for voting. Southern Baptist panel omits compensation demands in recommendations to June business session 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Americans generally support greater limits on abortion and it’s not just religious voters, according to a new survey from a Southern Baptist seminary revealed Tuesday. Poll: Americans want to limit abortion, especially early in pregnancy 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z Al Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, called it a sign of God’s judgment on the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. How the ‘apocalyptic’ Southern Baptist report almost didn’t happen 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z As Western culture grows more secular, Warren said, Southern Baptists have to decide, “Are we going to treat each other as allies or adversaries?” Southern Baptists vote on sex abuse proposals, debate female pastors 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z The money would be used to provide “trauma counseling” for abuse survivors as well as “trauma-informed training” for Southern Baptist pastors, churches and regional groups. Baptist relief group pledges $4 million to implement abuse task force ideas, fund victims’ care 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Though Southern Baptists have grappled with abuse allegations for years, the report sent shock waves through its churches for its descriptions of how leaders ignored and stifled victims’ pleas for help and resisted reforms. Southern Baptists Release List of Alleged Sex Abusers 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Southerners resented the push from Baptists in the North to end the scourge of slavery, so they seceded to form the Southern Baptist Convention. Op-Ed: The Southern Baptists are having a come-to-Jesus moment 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Those communications would show what Southern Baptist leaders were up to. How the ‘apocalyptic’ Southern Baptist report almost didn’t happen 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Southern Baptist and nondenominational groups have said they are too loosely affiliated to be liable, but she said courts have found otherwise when they have looked at other faith groups. Southern Baptist leaders release sex abuser database they kept secret for years 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z “Send Relief’s contribution will allow Southern Baptists’ generous Cooperative Program giving to continue to serve and support SBC missionaries, church planters and seminary students,” the letter said. Baptist relief group pledges $4 million to implement abuse task force ideas, fund victims’ care 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z It also includes the alleged offender’s denomination; most appear to belong to the Southern Baptist Convention, but others are affiliated with other Baptist traditions. Southern Baptists Release List of Alleged Sex Abusers 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z I contend that the label “liberal Southern Baptist” has always been an oxymoron, but several powerful interests, led by two men, Paige Patterson and Paul Pressler, thought otherwise. Op-Ed: The Southern Baptists are having a come-to-Jesus moment 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z “Southern Baptists would have been kept in the dark about what was really going on in their convention without the waiver of privilege,” she said. How the ‘apocalyptic’ Southern Baptist report almost didn’t happen 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z The release of the database comes 15 years after Christa Brown began sounding the alarm that Southern Baptists needed to keep such a list to prevent abusers from transferring from church to church. Southern Baptist leaders release sex abuser database they kept secret for years 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z A wave of outrage in response to the series rocked the Southern Baptist Convention, prompting its Executive Committee to hire an outside firm to investigate. How two Texas newspapers broke open the Southern Baptist sex scandal 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Investigators found that nine people on the list appeared to have remained in active ministry, with two in Southern Baptist settings. Southern Baptists to Release List of Ministers Accused of Sexual Abuse 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z More recently, the leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention have trained their sights on the dreaded critical race theory. Op-Ed: The Southern Baptists are having a come-to-Jesus moment 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Lyell, a former vice president for Lifeway Christian Resources, the Southern Baptist publisher, whose life and career fell apart after she made her abuse experience public, doubts anything will change, even after the report. How the ‘apocalyptic’ Southern Baptist report almost didn’t happen 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z She first told SBC leaders in 2004 that she had been abused by a youth pastor who went on to serve in other Southern Baptist churches in multiple states. Southern Baptist leaders release sex abuser database they kept secret for years 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z By contrast, each Southern Baptist church is its own independent operation. Opinion | When Southern Baptist victims reported abuse, lawyers stood in the way 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z The decision to release the names is the first definitive step the denomination’s leadership has taken since the release of the report sent shock waves through all levels of Southern Baptist society. Southern Baptists to Release List of Ministers Accused of Sexual Abuse 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z In the history of the Southern Baptist Convention, two dates stand out. Op-Ed: The Southern Baptists are having a come-to-Jesus moment 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z The questions bear repeating now that the investigation has concluded with findings that Southern Baptist leaders stonewalled and bullied victims and resisted any attempts at reform over two decades. Opinion | Southern Baptists finally face up to sex abuse. They must follow through. 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Brown, 68, was emotional Thursday when she learned that the man she alleges abused her was listed in the database — an official acknowledgment by the Southern Baptist Convention. Southern Baptist leaders release sex abuser database they kept secret for years 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z The Post's View: Southern Baptists finally face up to sex abuse. Opinion | When Southern Baptist victims reported abuse, lawyers stood in the way 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Southern Baptists will convene for their annual meeting in mid-June in Anaheim, Calif., where they will consider other action items based on the report’s findings and recommendations. Southern Baptists to Release List of Ministers Accused of Sexual Abuse 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z It’s a battle that has left him estranged from the Southern Baptist Convention. Op-Ed: The Southern Baptists are having a come-to-Jesus moment 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Brown said she hopes the SBC will develop a safe place where Southern Baptists can report clergy sex abuse and obtain independent investigations. Southern Baptist leaders say they will release list of alleged sex abusers 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Two Southern Baptist leaders, Kevin Ezell of the North American Mission Board and Danny Akin of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, said this week that they would invite Guidepost to investigate allegations in their organizations. Southern Baptist leaders release sex abuser database they kept secret for years 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention’s executive committee vowed Tuesday to release a list of known sexual predators that a former attorney for the nation’s largest Protestant denomination had kept secret over liability concerns. Southern Baptists to release list of known sex predators 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Christa Brown, who has pushed for changes in how the denomination handles abuse cases, maintained her own public list of some 170 “credibly accused” Southern Baptist ministers. Southern Baptists to Release List of Ministers Accused of Sexual Abuse 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z She became pregnant and was forced to apologize publicly and forbidden to name the father, who went on to serve another Southern Baptist congregation. Op-Ed: The Southern Baptists are having a come-to-Jesus moment 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Churches that belong to the Southern Baptist Convention are considered autonomous from one another. Southern Baptist leaders say they will release list of alleged sex abusers 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z The Southern Baptist Convention is already grappling with declining membership, sharp divisions over politics and culture, and a high-stakes leadership change that is weeks away. Southern Baptist Sex Abuse Report Stuns, From Pulpit to Pews 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Critics say that releasing the list might have prevented the hiring of known abusers in other Southern Baptist churches. Southern Baptists to release list of known sex predators 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z At issue is sexual predation by Southern Baptist pastors and the further abuse of victims by indifferent and hostile church officials. Opinion | The report on Southern Baptist abuses is a portrait of brutal misogyny 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Turns out the Roman Catholic Church has nothing on the Southern Baptists when it comes to covering up sexual misconduct. Op-Ed: The Southern Baptists are having a come-to-Jesus moment 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z The Guidepost report was narrowly focused on the Executive Committee, just one of the many institutions under the Southern Baptist umbrella. Southern Baptist leaders say they will release list of alleged sex abusers 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Critics have said that the Southern Baptist Convention is comfortable drawing hard lines from the top down when it chooses. Southern Baptist Sex Abuse Report Stuns, From Pulpit to Pews 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z A Catholic whistleblower tried to warn Southern Baptist leaders that they might be falling into the same pattern as Catholic leaders did in not dealing with clergy abuse. Key takeaways from the bombshell sex abuse report by Southern Baptists 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Consider a meeting between one survivor, Christa Brown, and the Southern Baptist Convention’s bylaws work group. Opinion | The report on Southern Baptist abuses is a portrait of brutal misogyny 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Other accounts are equally harrowing, but lest anyone misunderstand, the real peril facing the Southern Baptist Convention is critical race theory and women preachers. Op-Ed: The Southern Baptists are having a come-to-Jesus moment 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z The report and Southern Baptist leaders’ response comes after nearly 15 years of debates over how to handle sex abuse claims within the denomination. Southern Baptist leaders say they will release list of alleged sex abusers 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z One cannot help but marvel at the nerve of some Southern Baptist leaders who engaged in the coverup. Southern Baptist scandal: It's no coincidence that anti-abortion churches protect sexual abusers 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z A Southern Baptist leader wrote back and said there was nothing they could do because, “Southern Baptist leaders truly have no authority over local churches.” Key takeaways from the bombshell sex abuse report by Southern Baptists 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z The Southern Baptist Convention must have realized it was dealing with highly explosive information. Opinion | The report on Southern Baptist abuses is a portrait of brutal misogyny 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Investigators reviewed the same list and reported that it appears nine people remain at least connected to work in a ministry setting, including two connected with a Southern Baptist church. Southern Baptist Leaders Mishandled Sex Abuse Crisis, Report Alleges 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z It took years of several sex abuse survivors sharing their stories with national media outlets, blogs and on social media before Southern Baptists requested a third-party investigation into how it was being handled. Southern Baptist leaders say they will release list of alleged sex abusers 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z In reality, polling shows that white evangelicals — many of them Southern Baptists — are by far Trump's most enthusiastic supporters. Southern Baptist scandal: It's no coincidence that anti-abortion churches protect sexual abusers 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Southern Baptists are expected to discuss the recommendations in the report at their annual gathering in Anaheim, Calif., next month. Key takeaways from the bombshell sex abuse report by Southern Baptists 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z In nearly 300 pages, a third-party investigator has produced the Warren Commission report, the 9/11 Commission report, of Southern Baptist Christianity. Opinion | The report on Southern Baptist abuses is a portrait of brutal misogyny 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z The release of the report represents an extraordinary moment for Southern Baptists, the country’s largest Protestant denomination. Southern Baptist Leaders Mishandled Sex Abuse Crisis, Report Alleges 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z Although lawyers told convention leaders they could pursue such a database, leaders told Southern Baptists for decades that they couldn’t due to the denomination’s non-hierarchical structure. Southern Baptist leaders say they will release list of alleged sex abusers 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z One report, no matter how "shocked" we pretend to be, is not nearly enough to alter the misogynistic foundations the Southern Baptist Convention is built upon. Southern Baptist scandal: It's no coincidence that anti-abortion churches protect sexual abusers 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Southern Baptist leaders for decades both ignored and covered up sex abuse allegations while claiming to have little power to address them, a shocking third-party investigation released Sunday found. Key takeaways from the bombshell sex abuse report by Southern Baptists 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Evidence in the report suggests leaders also lied to Southern Baptists over whether they could maintain a database of offenders to prevent more abuse when top leaders were secretly keeping a private list for years. Southern Baptist leaders covered up sex abuse, kept secret database, report says 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z Three named leaders were past presidents of the Southern Baptist Convention. Independent report blasts Southern Baptist leaders for sex-abuse coverups 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z He called on Southern Baptists to lament and prepare to change the denomination’s culture and implement reforms. Report: Top Southern Baptists stonewalled sex abuse victims 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z In response to her tweets, hundreds of Prior’s fellow Christian activists, including leaders in her Southern Baptist denomination, trashed her antiabortion cred: Antiabortion advocate worked for years to overturn Roe, but worries over next steps 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The nearly 300-page report included confidential emails and memos between longtime lawyers for the 13-million member denomination and leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention’s administrative arm. Key takeaways from the bombshell sex abuse report by Southern Baptists 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z “The Executive Committee betrayed not only survivors who worked hard to try to make something happen, but betrayed the whole Southern Baptist Convention,” said Brown, who is a retired appellate attorney in Colorado. Southern Baptist leaders covered up sex abuse, kept secret database, report says 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z The Southern Baptist Convention did not immediately issue a public statement on the report. Independent report blasts Southern Baptist leaders for sex-abuse coverups 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z The nation’s largest Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, saw an increase in the number of baptisms last year along with a rise in donations. Southern Baptists say giving, baptisms up in 2021, but attendance, number of churches down 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Critics demanded she be not only removed as a fellow from a Southern Baptist think tank but that the think tank’s leadership be overhauled. Antiabortion advocate worked for years to overturn Roe, but worries over next steps 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The product of an eight-month probe requested by Southern Baptists at their annual meeting in Nashville in 2021, it includes several key takeaways. Key takeaways from the bombshell sex abuse report by Southern Baptists 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z The report, which was requested by Southern Baptists during its last annual meeting, comes just weeks before its next gathering in Anaheim, Calif., where members are expected discuss next steps. Southern Baptist leaders covered up sex abuse, kept secret database, report says 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z In fact, two years before Roe, the Southern Baptist Convention voted for a resolution calling for abortion to be legalized. Roe Inspired Activists Worldwide, Who May Be Rethinking Strategy 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z “The increased generosity among churches is a high point in the Annual Church Profile,” Willie McLaurin, interim president and CEO of the Southern Baptist’s executive committee, said in a statement. Southern Baptists say giving, baptisms up in 2021, but attendance, number of churches down 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Two task forces were created within the Southern Baptist Convention to study think tank leader Russell Moore. Antiabortion advocate worked for years to overturn Roe, but worries over next steps 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The report describes how key Southern Baptist leaders engaged in a pattern of ignoring, stonewalling and even “vilifying” sex abuse survivors. Key takeaways from the bombshell sex abuse report by Southern Baptists 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z |
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