Producers of an in-progress documentary about the rise of contemporary evangelical Christian feminism say answers to what went wrong with the Southern Baptist Convention’s method of handling domestic violence and child sex abuse may lie in a film that aired…
Pastor counsels churches to greet disabled with compassion, not exclusion or fear
Individuals with disabilities, and their families, are accustomed to poor treatment wherever they go – including church.
Abuse survivors, activists to rally ‘for such a time as this’ a second time
Women who rallied in sweltering heat outside last summer’s Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Dallas to draw attention to sexual abuse and domestic violence in the denomination are hoping for a warmer welcome when they reassemble at the 2019 SBC in Birmingham, Alabama.
SBC president calls for investigation of churches accused of harboring sexual predators
The president of the Southern Baptist Convention on Monday urged officials to investigate whether 10 churches identified in a Houston Chronicle/San Antonio Express-News series of articles about child sex abuse remain “in friendly cooperation” with the nation’s second-largest faith group…
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Al Mohler says he was wrong about C.J. Mahaney
A three-part Houston Chronicle/San Antonio Express-News newspaper story about widespread sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention has prompted one powerful leader to apologize for his past defense of a ministry colleague accused of conspiracy in a high profile lawsuit dismissed on a legal technicality in 2013.
Some pastors optimistic about Millennials, church growth. Stats don’t bear them out.
Some pastors — especially among evangelicals and Pentecostals — believe worship attendance will grow as more churches embrace congregational and leadership diversity in ethnicity, gender and generation, new research has found. LifeWay Research reported those attitudes gathered in a survey…
Religion Notes: New CBF leader headed for Texas; GWU elects new president
The new executive director of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will tour parts of Texas during his first week on the job. Paul Baxley is to address meetings in Dallas, Fort Worth, Waco, Austin, San Antonio and Houston March 20-22, Fellowship…
Church with deported member premieres podcast about injustice in U.S. immigration system
A Baptist church in North Carolina is marking the one-year anniversary of a member’s deportation with a podcast series reminding just how inhospitable the United States can be. “Inhospitable,” a limited series podcast telling the story of U.S. immigration enforcement…
Pray for immigrants? We need them to pray for us, minister-activist says
Religious leaders gathered at a vigil in December to declare support for Rosa Gutierrez Lopez, an El Salvadoran immigrant who had just taken sanctuary in a Maryland church to avoid deportation. Baptist minister and immigrant rights activist Julio Hernandez was…
Transitions for the week of 2-15-18
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Betty Clement, to Second Baptist Church, Petersburg, Va., as minister of music. William M. Downs, to Gardner-Webb…
Survivor says SBC leaders’ response to abuse revelations little help to victims
A woman alleging sexual abuse by a Southern Baptist youth minister two decades ago says prevention measures being discussed amid new media reports about sexual predators in the Southern Baptist Convention are too little too late for victims.