This fall the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will begin a process of what leaders call strategic and spiritual discovery, the Decatur, Georgia, based organization announced Oct. 7.
Caring well? Expert berates Southern Baptists for ignoring sexual abuse
A former prosecutor and grandson of Billy Graham focused for the last 16 years on investigating allegations of clergy sexual abuse in evangelical churches shamed the Southern Baptist Convention for failing to act on abuse in its own ranks until prodded by the secular press.
How a rapper’s immersion in the Jordan River inspired reflection on rebaptism and the faith of young adults
“Can’t be baptized in the Jordan river and make the same old music.”
Caring well? Conference cites failures in the Southern Baptist Convention’s response to sexual abuse
Bible teacher Beth Moore said having too few women in power contributes to sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention in a Thursday night keynote address at a national conference on caring well for victims.
Religion Notes: BPFNA’s new interim leader, a new hunger collaborative in Texas and CBFNC’s new leadership fund
She “was able to build a large and diverse network of support to reopen the seminary, rebuild the school and create new projects.”
Transitions for the week of 10-4-19
Recent church staff changes, anniversaries, ordinations and deaths within the moderate and progressive Baptist network.
Former Southwest Baptist University professor training as Army chaplain
A former religion professor fired by a Baptist university after questioning the orthodoxy of some of his colleagues is in the Army now.
Are 20-somethings really entitled, self-absorbed church killers?
“They want increased odds of finding friends and a romantic partner and that’s going to happen typically at urban congregations that are larger in size.”
Pro-Trump pastor Robert Jeffress defends tweet invoking Civil War
Southern Baptist pastor Robert Jeffress defended controversial comments retweeted by President Trump linking impeachment proceedings in Congress to the prospect of civil war but clarified that he was not talking about a literal shooting war.
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Southern Baptist civility study examines why we don’t get along
Read a newspaper, put down the smart phone and get to know your neighbors. These are among suggested remedies for a “caustic, toxic, ignorant and corrosive” American public square in a study released last week by the public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Pro-Trump pastor Robert Jeffress uses Bible to debunk science of climate change
A Southern Baptist pastor who supports President Donald Trump says 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg should worry less about science and more about the Bible.