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1. Southern Baptist Leaders Mistreated Abuse Survivors for Decades, Report Says

... said the report revealed what many survivors already knew and had been warning Southern Baptists about for decades. "We told the truth," she said. This week, Thigpen said she has been thinking about ...

Created on 23 May 2022

2. SBC Executive Committee President Resigns Over Investigation

...  missionary enterprise as Southern Baptists into uncertain, unknown, unprecedented, and uncharted waters." Floyd called the decision "unacceptable" and warned more SBC laypeople would resign in comin ...

Created on 15 October 2021

3. Larry Tomczak's Week in Review: Debate Surrounds Biden, Baptists, Bishops and Banning Critical Race Theor

A biblically informed worldview helps us respond to the hot-button issues of our day. Like a GPS, it guides us. Lacking a moral compass leads people to chaos and confusion. Watch this seven-minute synopsis ...

Created on 18 June 2021

4. SBC Elects Racial Reconciliation Pastor as New President

... on Tuesday, Luter, pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, called Litton someone who could unite Southern Baptists and get them focused on evangelism, not fighting among themselves. "Take ...

Created on 17 June 2021

5. Anne Graham Lotz: 'I Just Have to Follow the Lord

After speaking at Houston's Second Baptist Church on Mother's Day, Bible teacher Anne Graham Lotz got an email from one of the congregation's 83,000 members. "He said that morning, during the message, ...

Created on 10 June 2021

6. 'Best Days Are Ahead': Rick Warren's Saddleback Church Ordains Three Women to Pastora

California-based megachurch Saddleback broke from the Southern Baptist Convention's deep-seated views on women in leadership and recently ordained three women pastors. The church, led by founding pastor ...

Created on 10 May 2021

7. CN Morning Rundown: Beth Moore Drops SBC, Lifeway

Here's a quick summary of the top stories on charismanews.com: Beth Moore Ends Relationship With Southern Baptists, Drops Lifeway as Publisher Renowned Bible teacher and longtime Southern Baptist author ...

Created on 10 March 2021

8. Beth Moore Ends Relationship With Southern Baptists, Drops Lifeway as Publisher

...  — Religion News Service (@RNS) March 9, 2021 "I am still a Baptist, but I can no longer identify with Southern Baptists," Moore said. "I love so many Southern Baptist people, so many Southern Baptist ...

Created on 09 March 2021

9. 2 Dead, More Injured From Stabbings at San Jose Church Sunday

Update: When police arrived on-scene, they located five victims suffering from at least one stab wound each. An adult male victim was declared deceased at the scene. A second victim, an adult female, was ...

Created on 23 November 2020

10. Nick Challies, Son of Well-known Evangelical Blogger, Dies at College

Nick Challies, 20-year-old son of the evangelical blogger and author Tim Challies, has died. "In all the years I've been writing I have never had to type words more difficult, more devastating than these," ...

Created on 04 November 2020

11. Southern Baptist Convention President: 'Of Course Black Lives Matter

... that black lives do matter. "Southern Baptists, we need to say it clearly: As a gospel issue, black lives matter. Of course, black lives matter. Our black brothers and sisters are made in the image of God. ...

Created on 15 June 2020

12. Southern Baptist President: 'As a Gospel Issue, Black Lives Matter

... lacks diversity. "We know that many in our country, particularly our brothers and sisters of color right now, are hurting. "Southern Baptists, we need to say it clearly: As a gospel issue, black lives matter. ...

Created on 10 June 2020

13. Don't Live in Isolation—You Need a Loving Church Famil

My wife and I have been visiting different churches in the past several months. We are in search of a place to call home. This isn't an easy process for a traveling minister like me. I'm gone many weekends, ...

Created on 09 March 2020

14. Southern Baptist Convention to Examine Activities of Russell Moore's ERL

... Program was up about 3% from last year. Last year Baptists had given $64.5 million by the end of January. This year, giving totaled just under $66.5 million by the same point in the year. Similar complaints ...

Created on 19 February 2020

15. Why Believers Need to Hold a Funeral and a Coronation Daily

If we are going to see heaven on earth here and now, as Jesus promised in the Bible, Tennessee pastor Robby Gallaty says we must meet at least two conditions. "Every Christian, every day, should have a ...

Created on 03 July 2019

16. Beth Moore Controversy Points to 65% of Southern Baptists Who Think Women Should Be Pastors

... Southern Baptists and Roman Catholics (68.9%). That could accurately be described as strong levels of support. Southern Baptist women in particular seem ready to accept women as pastors. Three quarters ...

Created on 11 June 2019

17. SBC to Disaffiliate With Churches That Fail to Properly Handle Abuse, Racism Reports

Southern Baptists, faced in recent months with hundreds of allegations of sexual abuse in its ranks, have overwhelmingly adopted changes to governing documents that will bring greater visibility to their ...

Created on 13 June 2019

18. Matt Chandler Responds to NYT Report That His Megachurch Mishandled Sexual Abuse Allegations

Matt Chandler, pastor of a Texas megachurch whose former youth minister has been charged with sexual molestation, addressed the scandal before a group of Southern Baptists and said his "imperfect church" ...

Created on 13 June 2019

19. Beth Moore Tells SBC: 'Our Family Is Sick

... is not acceptable, said Moore. "What I want to say to my own family of Southern Baptists: Our family is sick. We need help," she told a crowd of about 1,200 people who gathered in a hall of the Birmingham-Jefferson ...

Created on 12 June 2019

20. SBC Considering Removing Churches That Cover Up Abuse

Southern Baptists hope to take steps at their upcoming annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala., to address continuing reports of sexual abuse in their denomination. Leaders of the nation's largest — but declining ...

Created on 04 June 2019