The insurgents, some adopting a pirate motif, believe that the denomination has drifted too far to the left on issues of race, gender, and the strict authority of the Bible. Read full piece
Demands for political loyalty. Disputes about racism. A fight between conservatives and ultra-conservatives. It sounds like current debates within the GOP, but on Tuesday thousands of Southern Baptists will gather in Nashville to vote on issues that will shape the massive denomination’s future, including the
How the Convention’s battle over race reveals an emerging evangelical schism. Read full piece
One court yields keys to colonial-era worship site, while another issues verdict for prominent pastor facing proselytism charges. Read full piece
Bill Leonard: While the irony of those actions is certainly sobering, their potentially disastrous impact on the American Republic, and the churches therein, may soon become irreparable. Read full piece
Thousands of Southern Baptists will gather next week in Nashville for their big annual meeting. Read full piece
Dana Hall McCain, a member of the Committee on Resolutions for the Southern Baptist Convention’s 2021 Annual Meeting and a member of the Leadership Network of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the SBC, writes about current controversies in Southern Baptist life. Read full piece
Deacon Ivey is used to the lingering stares in restaurants and on vacation. As a biracial teenager with White evangelical parents, Deacon said he often feels uncomfortable going into public with his multiracial family in their predominantly White community in Texas. Read full piece
Melissa Florer-Bixler: In North Carolina, memory is politics. I’ve learned this over the past three years organizing with a coalition of North Carolinians working toward the creation of lynching memorials in Wake County. Read full piece
Within the parachurch ministry, critics allege its recent approach to diversity has relied on critical race theory and resulted in “mission drift.” Read full piece