-CBF urges comments on payday lending
-BWA launches new evangelism award
Notre Dame fire fuels fund-raising for burned churches in Louisiana
A crowdfunding campaign to raise $1.8 million to rebuild three historically black Baptist churches in a Louisiana parish hit by arson within two weeks surpassed its goal in seven days, aided – apparently – by non-stop images of the Notre Dame Cathedral fire in France.
Transitions for the week of 4-19-19
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Matt Caine, to Myers Park Baptist Church, Charlotte, N.C., as minister of music and worship, effective May…
Sovereign Grace Churches says no to outside investigation of abuse allegations
An evangelical church-planting network accused of covering up decades of sexual abuse has turned down calls for an independent third-party investigation, citing reasons including autonomy of the local church.
Cheez-Its for communion? Not at this bar-based Baptist Bible study
Erica Whitaker carefully pondered the plate of crackers presented to her, surveying each of the different brands available for communion that Palm Sunday evening. Slowly, she moved a finger from her chin to a very yellow selection on the plate,…
Former Baptist preachers face abuse charges in Vermont, Mississippi and Guam
Two months after a series of investigative newspaper stories reported widespread sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention and while denominational leaders ponder solutions, the numbers of Southern Baptist clergy in the criminal system for alleged sex offenses continues to grow.
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Seminary removes stained glass windows celebrating conservative takeover of SBC
Stained-glass windows immortalizing individuals who helped move the Southern Baptist Convention to a more theologically and socially conservative position in the late 20th century have been quietly removed from the chapel of one of the convention’s six seminaries.
Arrest brings closure for African-American Baptist churches hit by arson
The pastor of one of three African-American Baptist churches burned in the same Louisiana parish in 10 days said with a suspect in custody, he believes the congregations will emerge stronger than before.