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Southwestern trustees elect two leaders from sister seminary

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees tapped key administrators from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., for top posts, electing Adam Greenway as the Fort Worth seminary’s ninth president and Randy Stinson as its provost and vice president of academic…

Tim Smith resigns as University of Mobile president

After less than three years on the job, the president of the Baptist-affiliated University of Mobile has resigned immediately, citing personal reasons.

One-time VBS volunteer at Southern Baptist church charged with violating sex offender registry rules

A Tennessee man included on a list compiled by two Texas newspapers naming Southern Baptist church leaders and volunteers found guilty of sex crimes has been arrested for violating sex offender registry rules. Police in Jackson, Tennessee, arrested 39-year-old Chad…

Revisiting ‘Battle for the Minds’ after nearly a quarter of a century

“Battle for the Minds” is not only a historical record of a tumultuous time at a leading Baptist seminary, but also serves as a cautionary tale about the ongoing misogyny within the Southern Baptist ecclesial tradition.

Religion Notes: Millennials tell researchers evangelism is wrong

-MACBF to honor ministry partner in Annual Meeting
-Gift gives $2 million boost to Baylor’s global presence

Letters to the Editor for 02.27.19

Response to Susan Shaw’s opinion article on abortion from Jonathan Frank, Washington, D.C.

Where is American Christian outrage on Russia’s treatment of Jehovah’s Witnesses?

It seems like American Christians might be alarmed to learn that the nation they hold in regard is confiscating Bibles, criminalizing evangelization, and torturing believers.

Conservative Christians just retook the United Methodist Church

The mainline denomination voted on Tuesday to toughen its teachings against homosexuality, same-sex marriage, and LGBT clergy. It must now decide whether it will stay together.

Pastor, judge, activist, agitator: As he strives for justice, Wendell Griffen stretches the lexicon of adjectives

Wendell Griffen, 66, is all of these things. But his persona is so large, his reputation so loud, his “rightness” so locked in and eagerly defended, that the man’s depth can be lost in the shallows in which he must wade.

Don’t strip our voices from the Baptist pulpit

How can we expect women to speak up about what is happening to them behind the curtain when their experiences and wisdom are not validated from behind the pulpit?

Ministry jobs and more

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United Methodist Church on edge of breakup over LGBT stand

The United Methodist Church teetered on the brink of breakup Monday after more than half the delegates at an international conference voted to maintain bans on same-sex weddings and ordination of gay clergy.

Paxton dodges ethics questions while claiming Talarico isn’t Christian

Restored Voices Collective gets GRACE report on former board member

‘CatsOnACouch’ influencer sues over First Amendment rights

Court finds Trump and Blanche conspired to create sham IRS lawsuit