Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Ronnie Brewer, to First Baptist Church, Aiken, S.C., as interim pastor, effective Oct. 15. Tasha Gibson, to Passport…
Pastor: ‘Protecting borders’ was also the excuse for detention of Japanese-Americans
Jennifer Ikoma-Motzko, a Japanese-American mom and Baptist minister, says an unusual weariness crept over her this summer when news broke of the forced separation of immigrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexican border. “As the images and stories started…
Abuse arrest turns #MeToo spotlight on SBC International Mission Board
With the ink barely dry on a Southern Baptist Convention resolution apologizing for past failures in handling abuse allegations, the SBC International Mission Board is facing charges that it recently allowed a credibly accused sexual predator to slip through the…
Ministry jobs and more
Baptist News Global provides a free listing of ministry-related jobs for Baptist churches, theological institutions and organizations across the United States. Each free posting is for 30 days and is limited to 150 words. Postings may be extended another 30…
Civil Rides sends cyclists pedaling into history, ministry
Some of the photos on Jason Coker’s Facebook page may give the impression he’s out riding the Tour de France these days. But the helmet, colorful team jersey and cycling pants he and others are wearing in the April picture…
SBC official labels LGBTQ-affirming evangelicals as ‘false teachers’
A Southern Baptist Convention official denounced a new resource for LGBTQ Christians as part of “a campaign of biblical subterfuge” arguing that it’s OK for evangelicals to be gay. In an article titled “The Human Rights Campaign releases deceptive evangelical…
With retirement looming for Suzii Paynter, CBF leaders roll out leadership transition plan
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship rolled out a transition plan July 19 to retire and replace Executive Coordinator Suzii Paynter. “CBF is at a great place and poised for even greater impact,” Paynter, 67, said in a news release. “Thinking of…
Transitions for the week of 7-20-18
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Katie Schlimmer Callaway, to First Baptist Church, High Point, N.C., as minister of spiritual formation. Gary Dalton, to…
Trump, Kavanaugh and their strange (religious) bedfellows
It’s not every day that the progressive Americans United for the Separation of Church and State and the conservative American Family Association agree on something. But it’s happened thanks to President Trump, whose nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, 53, to the…
Ministry jobs and more
Baptist News Global provides a free listing of ministry-related jobs for Baptist churches, theological institutions and organizations across the United States. Each free posting is for 30 days and is limited to 150 words. Postings may be extended another 30…
Pastor-judge files appeal of case dismissal
An Arkansas judge barred from hearing death penalty cases after attending a rally against capital punishment in his other job as a Baptist pastor claims a three-judge panel rushed to judgment when it dismissed his lawsuit and wants a rehearing…
#MeToo fallout continues for Memphis megachurch
Six months after he stood by a staff member accused of past sexual assault of a teenager, the founding pastor of a megachurch in Memphis, Tennessee, has resigned. Lead Pastor Chris Conlee and trustees of Highpoint church released a joint…