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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) – A Florida Baptist church that recently opened its pulpit to a registered sex offender has been asked to withdraw from its local association of Southern Baptist churches.

2011 Archives

Voice injury forces pastor to take medical leave

August 23, 2011

author: brandon

GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) – A prominent North Carolina Baptist pastor surprised his congregation recently by announcing he is stepping down for medical reasons due to voice injury.

2010 Archives

Everett to leave BGCT for pastorate

December 7, 2010

author: esteban Rodriguez

MIDLAND, Texas (ABP) -- The executive director of Southern Baptists' largest state convention is leaving his post after less than three years to return to the pastorate.

2010 Archives

‘Unchurched’ studies seek to understand why people leave

October 29, 2010

author: Administrator

Seeking to develop strategies to prevent formerly active members from leaving through the so-called “back door,” LifeWay Research has conducted surveys to better understand why people leave.

2010 Archives

Why do people leave churches?

October 29, 2010

author: brandon

Many churches and denominations put a lot of effort into attracting new members only to lose many of them through a “back door”— a term used to describe people who regularly attended a church in the past but stopped.

2005 Archives

Guest opinion: When is it time to leave the denomination?

March 8, 2005

author: Ken Satterfield

By Bob Perry Guest Columnist I love the church. Nearly every good thing that has happened in my life has involved the church. I was saved, baptized, married, ordained and commissioned as a missionary in the church. Most of my spiritual experiences and blessings

2004 Archives

Thomas accepts leave from MBC

July 14, 2004

author: Ken Satterfield

Missouri Baptist Convention associate executive director Larry Thomas has accepted an extended sabbatical leave from his duties effective July 15. The leave will last until Thomas' official retirement at the end of the year. "I have no regrets," Thomas said in a brief telephone interview.

Baptist association asks church with sex-offender preacher to leave

Voice injury forces pastor to take medical leave

Everett to leave BGCT for pastorate

‘Unchurched’ studies seek to understand why people leave

Why do people leave churches?

Guest opinion: When is it time to leave the denomination?

Thomas accepts leave from MBC

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