An official in the 2,100-church South Carolina Baptist Convention has stepped down for unspecified reasons, adding to a number of men quietly leaving Southern Baptist jobs in recent weeks. The Baptist Courier reported June 19 the resignation of Mark Aderholt,…
Competing Baptist bodies grapple with their identity in Dallas
As national media flocked to Dallas to watch the Southern Baptist Convention reckon with a generational shift in thinking about women, race and partisan politics, one light rail stop away a smaller and lesser-known group met under the radar to…
Transitions for the week of 6-22-18
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES David Emmanuel Goatley, to Duke Divinity School, Durham, N.C., as research professor of theology and black church studies…
Baptist leaders accuse Justice Department of twisting scripture to defend separating children from families at U.S. border
Baptist leaders joined a chorus of voices criticizing U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions for using the Bible to defend the Trump administration’s practice of separating children from migrant parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. Addressing criticism by church leaders of the…
Churches must ‘count the cost’ of pursuing youth on social media
Youth have abandoned Facebook in favor of other social media platforms. Data recently released by the Pew Research Center shows Facebook rates fourth behind YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat among young people. So, should churches with strong Facebook presences follow younger…
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…
Baptist women share struggles, triumphs in life and ministry at BNG dinner
Dinner, dessert and fellowship, it turned out, were only appetizers at the Friends of BNG Annual Fund Dinner.
Southern Baptists boot church for racial prejudice
A quarter century after apologizing to African-Americans for white ancestors who supported slavery and Jim Crow segregation, the Southern Baptist Convention has kicked out a church for being too racist. The SBC Executive Committee reported June 12 to convention messengers…
Transitions for the week of 6-15-18
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Luke Beattie, to Main Street Baptist Church, Binghamton, N.Y., as pastor. Jeremy Dudley, to First Baptist Church, Argyle,…
As Southern Baptists grapple with #MeToo culpability, an abuse survivor seeks to pay her bills
The day before thousands of Southern Baptists passed a resolution proclaiming a wake-up call to #MeToo-style mistreatment of women in denominational life, Anne Marie Miller continued a month-long struggle to save her family from financial ruin. Miller, a former blogger…
Southern Baptists grapple with #MeToo complicity
The Southern Baptist Convention condemned both perpetrators and enablers of sexual and physical abuse in a resolution June 12 claiming belatedly to position the denomination on the side of victims. “We deplore, apologize and ask forgiveness for failures to protect…
Let go of buildings or face extinction, scholar warns struggling churches
Churches have come up with some creative ways to stay in their buildings in an era of plummeting membership and revenue. But many others – estimates range from 4,000 to 7,000 a year – are just plain going out of…