The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s pandemic-induced move to online spaces cannot replace the family reunion function that so many love about the annual event.
New database tracks Baptist predators ‘of all flavors’
“While this database was inspired by SBC abuse, we have opened it to include Baptists of all flavors, not just SBC.”
SBC continues downward slide in membership, attendance and Baptisms
A steadily declining Southern Baptist Convention has reported yet another decrease in membership, this one of nearly 2% to 14,525,579 from 2018 to 2019.
McLaren: progressive Baptists essential to countering politics, racism in the white church
“I think evangelicals and Baptists were closer to the truth 30 years ago when they used to say that character counts. I think the abandonment of character as a political standard is tragic and regrettable and we will reap what we have sown.”
Analysis: Will growing divisions in the SBC eventually be good news for American Christianity?
The revolt against racial reconciliation efforts in the Southern Baptist Convention is rapidly metastasizing. The SBC is at war with itself, and the best way to know who is winning is to observe recent public statements by Albert Mohler.
LifeWay announces intent to sell Ridgecrest center and camps in North Carolina
LifeWay Christian Resources has announced that its board of trustees cleared the way for the sale of Ridgecrest Conference Center and Summer Camps in Ridgecrest, North Carolina.
Speaker at Baptist college warns that Marxist thought is creeping into SBC seminaries
A conservative Christian ethicist told students at a Baptist college March 2 that Marxist ideologies have gained a foothold in at least two of the six seminaries owned and operated by the Southern Baptist Convention.
Clinging to hope in a river of despair
Never before in my lifetime have I feared for democracy, for the rule of law, for basic truthfulness and honesty, for human decency and kindness. But the cosmic Christ still calls us to live in hope, even when despair seems strong.
Spokesman says Conservative Baptist Network already a success
Twenty-five hundred churches signed on in the first two days to a new network calling for a reboot of the “conservative resurgence” that four decades ago corrected a perceived leftward drift in the Southern Baptist Convention, the group’s spokesman said Sunday.
SBC presidential hopeful Al Mohler lumps LGBTQ spectrum into ‘rebellion’ against God
The president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary said on his daily podcast that except for their success as a common political front, those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning or queer really don’t have much in common – until it comes to the Bible.
Lawsuits in Arkansas, Virginia, test SBC’s local-church-autonomy defense for sexual abuse
Lawsuits in two states challenge the Southern Baptist Convention’s long-claimed defense that the denomination cannot be held liable for sexual abuse in churches because congregations hire their own pastors.
Small, one-pastor church lives into big vision with Koinonia Farm, Jimmy Carter and wider progressive movement
“There is a rich legacy of progressive Baptists doing things in here in Sumter County.”