Fallout over the "By What Standard?" trailer released by the Founders Ministries points to a key difference among conservative Southern Baptists: How much they are willing to learn from elements of secular ideologies, versus rejecting them outright?
(RNS) — More churches are using background checks that sift through more than 600 million felony, misdemeanor and traffic records, and perhaps most importantly, the nationwide sex offender registry. But experts say that may give churches and other religious groups a false sense of security
The bigger factor behind the SBC’s decline isn’t the struggle to gain new converts; it’s keeping their own.
Christianity Today highlights 10 abuse survivors, authors, attorneys, activists and advocates in churches and ministries who brought new attention to the silent suffering of those whose stories were ignored, stifled and left untold, and supported survivors pursuing justice, healing and reform.
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, recently removed dozens of stained glass windows. The windows featured neither biblical characters nor historical saints, but recent Baptists honored as part of the rightward shift of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary professor Owen Strachan, criticized the denomination’s president and a popular Bible teacher for suggesting it can be okay for a woman to preach.
African-American spiritual leaders are talking about racism -- and some white churchgoers are listening.
Since 1998, roughly 380 Southern Baptist church leaders and volunteers have faced allegations of sexual misconduct, an investigation by the Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News reveals. They left behind more than 700 victims, many of them shunned by their churches, left to themselves to rebuild their lives. Some were
Long non-controversial, the so-called "Johnson Amendment" - barring churches and other non-profit organizations that are exempt from paying federal income taxes from endorsing or opposing political candidates - has been under attack ever since the election of President Donald Trump. The latest attempt, the Free
(RNS) — As the Southern Baptist Convention faces a rare leadership vacuum at the top of agencies and seminaries — and has just installed a new mission board president — questions have arisen about whether its statements committing to diversity will be reflected in hiring