By Christa Brown A mother, who says her son was repeatedly molested by a minister at one of the Southern Baptist Convention’s largest churches, claims the church needs to come clean about a cover-up of child sexual abuse. “I want…
Abuse cover-up alleged at SBC church
By Bob Allen A mother who says her son was molested more than 20 years ago by a then-staff member at one of the Southern Baptist Convention’s largest churches says the congregation’s leaders need to come clean about what a…
SBC leader supports gun control
By Bob Allen Southern Baptists’ top spokesman for moral issues wrote President Obama recently supporting gun-control measures that don’t infringe on the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms. Richard Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the…
Former minister pleads guilty to abuse
By Bob Allen John Langworthy, 50, former associate pastor of music and ministries at Morrison Heights Baptist Church in Clinton, Miss., pleaded guilty in Hinds County Circuit Court to five of eight felony counts of gratification of lust against young…
Clergy sex abuse and ‘the silence of the many’
By Christa Brown “True evil lies not in the depraved act of the one, but in the silence of the many.” On this day, I am contemplating these words, attributed to a black Baptist preacher, Martin Luther King Jr. In…
Three ways to spend Christmas book money
In 1500 Dutch humanist and theologian Desiderius Erasmus wrote to a friend, “When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.” Thanks to gift cards from Amazon or Barnes and…
Mohler urges prayer for Hillary Clinton
By Bob Allen A Southern Baptist seminary president urged Christians – regardless of their political persuasion – to pray for the recovery of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, hospitalized Sunday for a potentially life-threatening blood clot near her brain….
Mohler urges prayer for Hillary Clinton
By Bob Allen A Southern Baptist seminary president urged Christians – regardless of their political persuasion – to pray for the recovery of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, hospitalized Sunday for a potentially life-threatening blood clot near her brain….
Mohler urges prayer for Hillary Clinton
By Bob Allen A Southern Baptist seminary president urged Christians – regardless of their political persuasion – to pray for the recovery of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, hospitalized Sunday for a potentially life-threatening blood clot near her brain….
Mohler urges prayer for Hillary Clinton
By Bob Allen A Southern Baptist seminary president urged Christians – regardless of their political persuasion – to pray for the recovery of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, hospitalized Sunday for a potentially life-threatening blood clot near her brain….
Baptist church reports image of Christ
By Jeff Brumley Reports of bleeding religious statues and spiritual images on water towers are usually associated with Catholic and Pentecostal churches. But now you can add some South Carolina Baptists to the mix. Care Baptist Church in Spartanburg recently alerted…
Workshop to address SBC decline
By Jeff Brumley Stemming the decline in Southern Baptist church membership will be the focus of a Jan. 29 workshop hosted by the Florida Baptist Convention and North American Mission Board in Brandon, Fla. The Florida Baptist Witness reported the…