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1. Why SBC's New President, Other Major Leaders Are Not Happy With Mike Pence's Speech

Vice President Mike Pence's speech at the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting Wednesday has left some Christians unhappy, especially the newly chosen leader of the SBC. Instead of focusing solely ...

Created on 14 June 2018

2. Largest Protestant Denomination in US Affirms Women, Asks for 'Purity' of Leaders

Southern Baptists, grappling with some #MeToo-aided falls from grace among their leaders, have called for affirming women, showing compassion for the abused and expecting "moral and sexual purity" of thei ...

Created on 14 June 2018

3. Megachurch Pastor J.D. Greear Ready to Make Over SBC After Patterson Scandal

... tion, the nation's largest Protestant group. Southern Baptists meeting in Dallas June 12-13 will pick their next president, and the 45-year-old Greear is widely expected to win. (Ken Hemphill, 70, a form ...

Created on 07 June 2018

4. Baptist Seminary Confirms Sexual Abuse Cover Up, Terminates Paige Patterson

... s. Ps 67 — J.D. Greear (@jdgreear) May 31, 2018Megan, you are the hero of women and men around the world. I, and countless other Southern Baptists, thank you for being brave. YOUR voice matters. YOUR courage ma ...

Created on 31 May 2018

5. Has the 'Judgment of God' Fallen on the SBC?

One day after the removal of a prominent seminary president following a series of contentious remarks about women, Southern Baptists have begun a public reckoning. The forced retirement of Paige Patterson, ...

Created on 25 May 2018

6. SBC Leader Removed as Allegations Surface He Covered Up Campus Rape

Paige Patterson was removed as president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary as allegations surfaced he covered up a campus rape. "After much prayer and a more than 13-hour discussion regarding ...

Created on 23 May 2018

7. Paige Patterson, SBC Leader Accused of Supporting Domestic Abuse, Issues 'An Apology to God's Children'

... nt, truth and grace; and that is what I desire my voice always to be. "To all people I offer my apology, but especially to women, to the family of Southern Baptists, my friends and the churches. I sinc ...

Created on 10 May 2018

8. More Than 2000 SBC Women Rally Against Paige Patterson

... omen in society. Southern Baptists hold in their doctrinal statement, "The Baptist Faith and Message": "A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the churc ...

Created on 08 May 2018

9. What You Need to Know About the Domestic Abuse Scandal Tearing Apart the SBC

... rch." Southern Baptists, like other conservative Christian denominations, base this prohibition on women serving as deacons or ministers on the Apostle Paul who instructed women to remain silent in church: ...

Created on 07 May 2018

10. Church Leaders Denounce Physical Abuse After Prominent Baptist Says 'Submit'

...  abuse of women ... there is no level or type of abuse of women that is acceptable." Russell Moore, the president of the Southern Baptist's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission re-tweeted the statement and  ...

Created on 02 May 2018

11. Former SBC President Frank Page Retires After 'Morally Inappropriate Relationship'

... ve Committee in saying that we are committed to provide them the spiritual and emotional support they need in the coming days. We also recognize the stewardship we owe Southern Baptists and the watching wo ...

Created on 27 March 2018

12. Matt Chandler: Why You Can Join a Church You Theologically Disagree With

Pastor Matt Chandler says he knows plenty of people who go to his church that disagree with some of the church's theology. That shouldn't stop them—or anyone—from joining a church they connect with. However, ...

Created on 11 January 2018

13. Southern Baptist Pastor Wins the Prestigious William Seymour Award

Apostle Fred Berry, CEO of the Azusa Street Mission, announced that Pastor William. Dwight McKissic Sr. was the standout nominee for the prestigious William Seymour award. This award recognizes a pastor ...

Created on 20 December 2017

14. Influential Southern Baptist Subject of Sex Abuse Suit

Paul Pressler, who was instrumental in the conservative takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention in the late 1970s and early '80s, is fighting a lawsuit by a former office assistant who alleges the ...

Created on 12 December 2017

15. The Shocking Reason This Southern Baptist Preacher Renounced His Denomination

...  Ware's decision to go, but he stays because of all the good the convention accomplishes, such as church planting and financial support. But he wants more black Southern Baptists in denominational lea ...

Created on 25 July 2017

16. Former Youth Pastor Preaches on Sundays, But You Won't Believe What He Does on Weekdays

... se," Lankford said of the spiritual clarity he felt. Add his prowess at social media—Facebook, Twitter and YouTube—extensive connections with the state's roughly 650,000 Southern Baptists and his willing ...

Created on 12 July 2017

17. SBC Flip-Flops on Resolution, Condemns 'Alt-Right'

After a fierce backlash on social media, Southern Baptists reversed course and adopted a statement denouncing "alt-right white supremacy," calling it "antithetical to the Gospel of Jesus Christ." The unusu ...

Created on 15 June 2017

18. Greg Laurie's Harvest Church Joins SBC, Continues Ties With Calvary Chapel

Greg Laurie, founding pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California, has announced that Harvest Christian Fellowship will join the Southern Baptist Convention: Nearly two thousand years ...

Created on 13 June 2017

19. Despite Rumors of Splits, SBC's Russell Moore Will Keep His Job

Russell Moore can keep his job. But only after he apologized for criticizing Southern Baptists who supported Donald Trump for president. The beleaguered head of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethic ...

Created on 21 March 2017

20. Black Baptists Rooting for Russell Moore in Trump Scandal ...

...  Southern Baptists "were very strong and I do believe were key in moving this in a healthy direction." "Seeing the SBC led by African-American pastors in calling for reconciliation in this divide is s ...

Created on 15 March 2017