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Appeals court favors Baptist convention in university, home cases

A three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals in Kansas City ruled Tuesday that Cole County Special Judge Karl DeMarce correctly ruled in favor of the Missouri Baptist Convention and its executive board in its long-running legal battle with…

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…

Ordained. Baptist. Female. And, now, entering retirement

“Out to pasture” is a label that doesn’t fit us well as retired female ministers. So where might we go from here? When the joyous strains of the retirement celebration in fellowship hall fade into a faint echo, what do we do next?

Southern Baptist president says database of abusers possible

More than a decade after the Southern Baptist Convention rejected the idea of creating a database of ministers credibly accused of sexual abuse, leaders said on Monday night the possibility is on the table.

The survivors of clergy sexual abuse who finally pushed the Vatican to recognize the problem

The Catholic survivor movement in the United States was founded by two women: Jeanne Miller and Marilyn Steffel.

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…

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…

Theologizing with Larkin Poe, 10 years after Reskinned

Ministry leader with tall tales wins GOP bid for Colorado governor

What Willy Rice once knew

What I learned July 5 at church

Appeals court favors Baptist convention in university, home cases

SBC president calls for investigation of churches accused of harboring sexual predators

Ordained. Baptist. Female. And, now, entering retirement

Southern Baptist president says database of abusers possible

The survivors of clergy sexual abuse who finally pushed the Vatican to recognize the problem

Ministry jobs and more

Al Mohler says he was wrong about C.J. Mahaney

Some pastors optimistic about Millennials, church growth. Stats don’t bear them out.

The national conversation about sexual abuse by Baptist clergy is important. But it doesn’t go far enough

Vatican defrocks former US cardinal McCarrick over sex abuse

Religion Notes: New CBF leader headed for Texas; GWU elects new president

After US Aid Cuts, the Sick Wonder Who Will Visit Them

Inside a Christian mother’s fight against ICE activity in Chicagocu

Why removing a distinct religious code for Native American military service members will make their needs invisible

The Denomination That’s Half Evangelical, Half Black Protestant — And somehow holding together

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Theologizing with Larkin Poe, 10 years after Reskinned

Ministry leader with tall tales wins GOP bid for Colorado governor

What Willy Rice once knew

What I learned July 5 at church

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