SBC Leader Willie McLaurin Resigns After Admitting He Falsified Resume
McLaurin is the third Executive Committee leader to resign in controversy since 2018.
Former Southwestern Seminary Trustee Calls for Forensic Audit of Troubled School
Once one of the largest seminaries in the country, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has faced a financial crisis and now a feud among board members over a forensic audit of the school's finances.
The Roman Baptists
Contributing writer Rodney Kennedy argues that Southern Baptists are engaged in a long slow return to Rome in a couple of very particular ways: one pagan and one religious.
In New Book, Russell Moore Urges Evangelicals to Stop Lying and Come Back to Jesus
Once a rising star among Southern Baptists, Moore lost his job after criticizing Donald Trump and standing by abuse survivors.
Some Baptists Debate About Women Preaching, Others Listen to Women Preach
Focusing almost entirely on the SBC not only minimizes the theological (and political and racial) diversity of Baptists, but it also privileges a patriarchal body over others.
Texas Baptists Affirm Women in ‘Ministerial’ Roles As SBC Debate Moves to States
In the same week as the Texas Baptists’ meeting, Black leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention and SBC President Bart Barber met over similar issues in Ridgecrest, North Carolina.
Many African American SBC Churches Have Women Pastors on Staff. Will They Be Expelled Next?
A letter from the president of the SBC's National African American Fellowship expressed concerns over recent SBC decisions to bar churches with women pastors.
CBF World Makes Its Path Clear
Ethicist, pastor, author, and advocate David P. Gushee reflects on the recent Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly and what makes the denomination distinct from the Southern Baptist Convention.
Disremembering the Past
This issue of A Public Witness visits universities that are honoring those enslaved by their founders with major memorials in prominent locations in order to provide a guide for Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Al Mohler, and others to think more seriously about what it means
Blessing in a Schism
This issue of A Public Witness attends multiple disaffiliation blessings — from Southern Baptist to United Methodist and Mennonite — to consider different models for denominational partings.