Last week’s statement from the presidents of six SBC seminaries opposing critical race theory isn’t good for the denomination. I don’t think they understand how problematic it is to have six White men meeting to discuss race without having anyone of color in the room
At this point, it is clear this is who the SBC is. The SBC remains committed to the very racism and hatred that instigated its founding. Read full piece
Whether things that emerge from outside the church can be put into service for the work of the gospel is a perennial question in Christian history. Read full piece
The Southern Baptist Convention will not hold its annual meeting as it regularly does each June. But issues its members have long grappled with — including race and the roles of women — continue to be points of controversy in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.