A private university once affiliated with Baptists in Arizona has been fined the largest sum ever levied against a school by the U.S. Department of Education. The DOE and its office of Federal Student Aid said the $37.7 million fine against Grand…
How to find the trustees of the SBC entities behind the amicus brief
Who’s actually responsible for the positions and actions taken by entities of the Southern Baptist Convention? This is a pressing question now, as controversy flares over the SBC and three of its entities signing an amicus brief in a Kentucky…
SBC president apologizes for signing off on amicus brief
The president of the Southern Baptist Convention has apologized for signing off on an amicus brief in a Kentucky sexual abuse case — a brief that has ignited a firestorm of protest from sexual abuse survivors and their advocates, some…
Why is Lifeway silent on sexual abuse amicus brief?
Here’s a sure way to know Southern Baptist institutions and some Baptist universities don’t think they’re accountable to anyone outside their inner circle: The perpetual refusal to comment on, or even acknowledge, questions from media. A year ago this fall,…
SBC abuse survivor advocate says controversial legal brief originated with Lifeway
A prominent sexual abuse survivor and advocate has charged the controversial amicus brief filed by four Southern Baptist Convention entities against a sexual abuse survivor in Kentucky originated with Lifeway Christian Resources. Lifeway, the denomination’s publishing house based in Nashville,…
Johnson called ‘the most unabashedly Christian nationalist speaker in history’
Political columnist Sarah Posner called him “the most unabashedly Christian nationalist speaker in history.” All over social media, church-state separationists and LGBTQ right allies and voting rights advocates have warned today that the new speaker of the U.S. House of…
SBC Executive Committee members surprised to learn they filed an amicus brief against a sexual abuse survivor in Kentucky
This story was updated Friday afternoon, Oct. 27, to include a response from the SBC Executive Committee officers and Thursday night, Oct. 26, to include a response from Al Mohler. When the Louisville Courier-Journal reported yesterday that Southern Baptist…
Another ‘Christian attorney’ pleads guilty to spreading Trump’s Big Lie
One of the most prominent attorneys of conservative evangelicalism became the fourth person to plead guilty in a Georgia courtroom to wrongly aiding former President Donald Trump in his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Jenna…
Maybe there are some ‘good guys’ in this war after all
I take it back. There are some “good guys” in the war between Israel and Hamas: The innocent civilians being slaughtered by both sides. Two weeks ago, I wrote a column saying there are no “good guys” in this war…