Vice President Mike Pence urged evangelical Christians not to let complacency jeopardize gains achieved during the last two years by President Donald Trump in a speech Saturday at the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit. “The choice in this election…
Panel says Arkansas Supreme Court justices violated ethics by removing pastor/judge from death penalty cases
A state government commission tasked with investigating claims concerning the ethical conduct or disability of judges on Thursday filed formal charges against six members of the Arkansas Supreme Court for their handling of a case involving a Little Rock judge…
Heart surgery sidelines American Baptist leader
American Baptist Churches USA is under interim leadership as General Secretary Lee Spitzer recovers from heart surgery. Spitzer, head of the 1.3 million-member ABCUSA since 2017, underwent aortic valve replacement and triple bypass surgery on Sept. 8. He came from…
Interim IMB president says investigation into handling of abuse allegations will continue
An independent, outside review of the Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board’s past handling of abuse allegations announced in July by IMB President David Platt will continue after he leaves the post next week, officials confirmed Sept. 20. Platt, who…
Preacher Franklin Graham claims Brett Kavanaugh abuse allegation is irrelevant
The son of the late Billy Graham said that even if Christine Blasey Ford’s allegation of sexual assault is true, it shouldn’t matter.
Pastor’s traffic stop prompts talk of racial profiling in Kentucky city
Black and white clergy in Louisville, Kentucky, called for a formal review of police policies after a respected ministry colleague was pulled over Saturday night for what some view as the American slang term for racial profiling “driving while black.”…
Dallas CBF pastor stands with black clergy protesting police shooting of African-American man
A Cooperative Baptist Fellowship pastor in Dallas criticized white churches for not speaking up alongside blacks demanding justice in the killing of an African-American man in his own apartment by a white police officer. On Sunday George Mason, senior pastor…
David Platt steps up schedule to step down at IMB
Southern Baptist Convention leader David Platt is stepping down Sept. 17 as president of the denomination’s International Mission Board to focus on being the pastor of a local church. Platt, 39, announced seven months ago plans to transition out of…
Baptist ethicist says undocumented immigrants deserve more than hospitality
A Cuban-born Baptist ethicist told a recent interfaith audience that the religious obligation in dealing with America’s immigration crisis runs deeper than showing “the virtue of hospitality.” “Hospitality assumes that I own the house, and out of the goodness of…