Women in leadership: In a last-ditch effort, longtime Southern Baptist churches expelled for women pastors fight to stay
PETER SMITH, of Associated Press, reports ahead of this week’s annual gathering of the Southern Baptist Convention…
Southern Baptists: Key issues set to be discussed at annual gathering
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, takes a look at some of the major issues at stake in this week’s annual meeting of the largest Protestant denomination in the US…
In the US, SBC abuse taskforce requests $US3 million for reforms, ‘Ministry Check’ website
United StatesRNS A Southern Baptist taskforce has asked the denomination to set up a “Ministry Check” website to track abusive pastors, church employees and volunteers and to spend millions on reforms to prevent abuse and care for survivors. Most of the suggested reforms are voluntary. Some could involve years of study and preparation, prompting a skeptical […]
Southern Baptist President JD Greear says “black lives matter”
RNS In a speech offered in lieu of his address at the denomination’s canceled annual meeting, Southern Baptist Convention President JD Greear called for members of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination to declare that “black lives matter”. “We realise that, especially in a moment like this one, we need our brothers and sisters of colour,” Greear […]