A North Carolina Baptist minister arrested last week for alleged sexual exploitation of a minor now faces a federal indictment stemming from an ongoing joint investigation by local authorities and the FBI.
Debate over women in Southern Baptist pulpits flares on social media
A Southern Baptist Convention seminary professor who teaches that males and females are created for distinct and complementary roles in the home and church criticized the denomination’s president and a popular Bible teacher for suggesting it can be OK for a woman to preach.
CBF minister charged with sexual exploitation of a child
The associate pastor of a Cooperative Baptist Fellowship church in North Carolina is under arrest for allegedly enticing a 16-year-old girl to create child pornography.
Religion Notes: Baylor’s $100 million gift, CBF aiding Harvey victims and the Alliance battles racism
Baylor lands huge donation for campus life An anonymous donor has pledged $100 million to Baylor University to be used for philanthropic purposes, the Waco, Texas institution has announced. The gift described by the university as “transformational” will boost its…
Transitions for the week of 5-10-19
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Nikki Byers, to First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, N.C., as interim minister for missions. Michael Danishek, concluding his…
Georgia’s Southern Baptist leaders elated by passage of heartbeat bill
Southern Baptist leaders in Georgia were jubilant after Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday signed one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion laws.
Texas Baptist group ousts church led by registered sex offender
Leaders of a Texas branch of the Southern Baptist Convention recently voted to withdraw fellowship from a San Antonio church pastored by a registered sex offender.
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Buttigieg ‘humbled’ by Sunday school, lunch, with former President Jimmy Carter
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg spent his Sunday in rural southwest Georgia, visiting former President Jimmy Carter’s Sunday school class at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains.
Weaponized Calvinism? Accused synagogue shooter spouted both racist conspiracy theories and the doctrines of grace
Revelations that the accused gunman in a deadly synagogue shooting in California was a church-going Presbyterian prompted statements from a small denomination that is part of the “young, restless and reformed” family tree.
Fast-moving brain tumor claims life of North Carolina Baptist pastor who worked with refugees
A Cooperative Baptist Fellowship church active in resettling refugees in North Carolina’s Research Triangle is mourning the death of its senior pastor diagnosed in February with a brain tumor.
Transitions for the week of 5-3-19
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Dennis Barton, to Oakland Baptist Church, Gum Spring, Va., as interim pastor. Claire and Zach Helton, to…