Southern Baptists Mull What’s Next on Confronting Abuse
DALLAS (RNS) — The sermons, the hymn singing and the floor debates of the Southern Baptists’ annual meeting have concluded, but a key question remains:
Southern Baptists, in #MeToo Age, Affirm Women, Ask for ‘Purity’ of Leaders
DALLAS (RNS) — Southern Baptists, grappling with some #MeToo-aided falls from grace among their leaders, have called for affirming women, showing compassion for the
Why Weren’t Christians the Ones to ‘Ruin’ Miss America?
(RNS) — Opponents of the Miss America pageant’s decision to discontinue the swimsuit portion of their competition have blamed liberals, feminists, and the #MeToo
Patterson Won’t Address Meeting as Southern Baptists Gather Amid Scandals
(RNS) — Paige Patterson, fired recently from his post at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, announced Friday (June 8) that he
CBF, SBC Gather in Dallas for 2018 Meetings
For the first time, national gatherings of the Southern Baptist Convention and Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in 2018 will meet in the same city on the same
J.D. Greear is Ready to Give Southern Baptists a Makeover
Southern Baptists meeting in Dallas June 12-13 will pick their next president. J.D. Greear is widely expected to win; if he does, 45-year-old Greear
SBC Executive Committee CEO Frank Page Resigns Over ‘Personal Failure’
NASHVILLE (BP) -- Frank S. Page has resigned as president and chief executive officer of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee, effective
IMB President Asks Trustees to Begin Search for Successor
RICHMOND, Virginia (IMB) — International Mission Board President David Platt has asked the mission agency’s trustees to begin searching for his successor. Platt announced his decision
Southern Baptist Convention Named in Suit Against Prominent Layman
(RNS) — The Southern Baptist Convention, the nation's largest Protestant denomination, has been added as a defendant in a case alleging that a prominent layman
WMU Celebrates 20 Years of Christian Women’s Job Corps
PHOENIX (BP) -- Linda Cooper, president of national Woman's Missionary Union, and Sandy Wisdom-Martin, WMU's executive director, highlighted 20 years of ministry through Christian Women's Job