Southern Baptist Convention: 4 Things to Watch at the Annual Meeting
Thousands of Southern Baptists will gather next week in Nashville for their big annual meeting. Read full piece
MBC’s Yeats Faces Challenger for SBC Recording Secretary
Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Director John Yeats has served as an officer for the Southern Baptist Convention for 24 years. A pastor in Virginia thinks that’s too long. So, Adam Blosser announced his candidacy Wednesday, less than a week before the SBC’s annual meeting in
Southern Baptist Pirates & Other Abominations
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
Southern Baptist Pastors Demand Inquiry into Handling of Sex Abuse Cases
Two Southern Baptist pastors will seek an investigation into allegations that the highest echelons of the Southern Baptist Convention mishandled several sex abuse claims and bullied sex abuse victims. Southern Baptists will meet June 15-16 in Nashville for their annual convention.
Paige Patterson Made ‘Black Girl’ Comments Cited in Russell Moore Letter
In a recently-published leaked letter, Russell Moore cited an unnamed SBC leader who was critical of his decision to hire a Black woman. Two Southern Baptist sources have confirmed with RNS the SBC leader who made the comment: Paige Patterson
Leaked Russell Moore Letter Blasts SBC Fundamentalists, Sheds Light on His Resignation
In a letter written more than a year before his resignation, Moore explained his troubles with the SBC leadership in bitterly frank terms. Then-President Donald Trump barely makes an appearance.
The Saga of Southwestern Seminary & the Pattersons Just Got Stranger
In an exceptionally rare move, the administration of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has used its annual report to the Southern Baptist Convention to accuse its former president of theft. Read full piece
Patterson Disputes Seminary’s Allegations, Acknowledges Conservative Network Role
Former Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson is disputing allegations made by the seminary in the 2021 SBC Book of Reports that documents and other items belonging to the seminary were “improperly removed” from the campus after his firing in 2018.
Preaching at FBC Dallas, Patterson Denounces “Lynch Mob” Trying to Get Him
Just two days after Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, accused former President Paige Patterson of theft, Patterson preached at First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, a Southern Baptist megachurch led by Robert Jeffress. Patterson claimed a “lynch mob” was trying to get
Southwestern Accuses Pattersons of Theft, Improper Donor Solicitation
Three years after trustees at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary fired Paige Patterson as president, the school alleges Patterson and his wife Dorothy took items from the SWBTS and improperly contacted SWBTS donors to shift funding to the Pattersons’ personal nonprofit.