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SBC Executive Committee hires a firm to investigate itself and report findings to itself

In what appears to be a preemptive move four days before the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, the president of the SBC Executive Committee announced he has hired an outside firm to investigate his own agency and, purportedly, report the…

Mike Stone and Ronnie Floyd should step down

When I pulled into the seven-figure neighborhood outside Dallas, I began to wonder to myself why a former seminary president would be living in a mansion in this posh suburb near Plano. Then as I pulled up to the door,…

A Palestinian Christian’s cry for justice

As a professor of missions and theology at Logsdon Seminary for 18 years, I was committed to introducing my students to fascinating, significant people whose challenging ideas would instruct and inspire, helping to create more engaged and equipped young adult…

Continuing our retreat from Jesus

This is a photo of me with my father in the upper deck of the New Orleans Superdome at the Southern Baptist Convention in June 1990. We were two of the nearly 40,000 messengers who gathered that year for a…

The power of political capital to shape communities and churches

This is the sixth in a series created by a partnership between Baptist News Global and the Campbell University Center for Church and Community. Each month’s columns explore one of the seven types of capital described in the Community Capitals Framework developed by…

One year along, United Methodists are working locally to dismantle racism

In the year since The United Methodist Church launched its “Dismantling Racism” campaign, the U.S. units of the worldwide denomination have laid the groundwork for long-term efforts against white supremacy in both church and society. Whether vigorous institutional action can…

Du Mez sees link between sexual abuse cover up and complementarian theology

The white evangelical inclination to cover up sexual abuse in churches and denominations derives in part from a complementarianism ideology, according to Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured…

‘Southern Baptist whistleblower’ offers audio clips to back Russell Moore’s claims

Calling himself a “Southern Baptist whistleblower,” a Texas Baptist pastor on June 10 accused Southern Baptist Convention leaders Ronnie Floyd and Mike Stone of lying about their previous closed-door comments regarding sexual abuse concerns in the denomination. Phillip Bethancourt, pastor…

BNG webinar this Sunday invites notable SBC exiles to explain what’s going on and why it matters

As the Southern Baptist Convention prepares for its annual meeting in Nashville next week, observers from inside and outside the denomination are watching to see what will happen on a number of controversial issues. To preview those issues and explore…

Critical Race Theory, voter suppression and historical negation: The irony of it all

With all this talk of UFOs, what’s a Christian to think?

On Roger Williams, freedom of conscience and its (sometimes well-intentioned) enemies

BNG webinar this Sunday invites notable SBC exiles to explain what’s going on and why it matters

SBC Executive Committee hires a firm to investigate itself and report findings to itself

Mike Stone and Ronnie Floyd should step down

A Palestinian Christian’s cry for justice

Continuing our retreat from Jesus

The power of political capital to shape communities and churches

One year along, United Methodists are working locally to dismantle racism

Du Mez sees link between sexual abuse cover up and complementarian theology

‘Southern Baptist whistleblower’ offers audio clips to back Russell Moore’s claims

BNG webinar this Sunday invites notable SBC exiles to explain what’s going on and why it matters

The Fight for the Heart of the Southern Baptist Convention

How Black pastors under 40 are trying to get their peers back into the pews

Federal appeals court blocks sweeping Missouri abortion law

New app, believr, aims to create a ‘home for LGBTQ+ Christians’

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Critical Race Theory, voter suppression and historical negation: The irony of it all

With all this talk of UFOs, what’s a Christian to think?

On Roger Williams, freedom of conscience and its (sometimes well-intentioned) enemies

BNG webinar this Sunday invites notable SBC exiles to explain what’s going on and why it matters