America’s largest Protestant group moves to cut ties with the Republican Party and re-engage with mainstream culture.
Sexual Purity, #ChurchToo, and the Crisis of Male Evangelical Leadership
The work of #ChurchToo cannot be undertaken within evangelical churches without first re-assessing, if not dismantling, the stringent purity culture which remains a prominent feature of youth ministries.
Baptist mendacity about missions this week in Dallas
There will be singing, preaching, praying, and hand holding at SBC and CBF meetings. Meanwhile, victims of sacralized bigotry and discrimination will be ignored, patronized, blamed and otherwise trivialized.
Harvest America brings thousands of Christians to AT&T Stadium for fellowship in faith
Many participants are expected to stay in Dallas for the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting this week, attending panels on the church as the convention elects a new president. The Southern Baptist gathering has drawn added attention this year, with…
Baptists break bread with Turkish Muslims, forging new friendships at Dallas church
At Thursday night’s Iftar dinner, hosted by the church and the Dialogue Institute of Dallas, families from Muslim and Baptist communities mingled at Wilshire Baptist Church.
#MeToo goes to church: Southern Baptists face a reckoning over treatment of women
“Many women have experienced horrific abuses within the power structures of our Christian world,” Beth Moore, an evangelical teacher, wrote in a letter.
Decades of marginalizing and silencing women have left evangelicals morally compromised
Men in leadership have used the Bible to mask a patriarchal misogyny. That’s what’s driving today’s #MeToo church movement.
J.D. Greear is ready to give Southern Baptists a makeover
Amid a #MeToo moment in America’s largest Protestant denomination, a 45-year-old North Carolina pastor hopes to become the Southern Baptist Convention’s first Gen X president.
SBC’s #MeToo Problem Isn’t a Rotten Apple, It’s a Rotten Theological Tree
While abuse exists in all circles and all faiths, there is a unique theological problem that creates a culture of apology for abuse within the Southern Baptist Convention.