SBC President Bart Barber says predecessor Johnny Hunt is unfit to return to ministry
United StatesRNS Bart Barber, a country pastor who also happens to be the sitting president of the Southern Baptist Convention, began his Tuesday as he does most days, with prayer and feeding his cows. Before the day was out he would take the rare step of denouncing one of his predecessors. “I would permanently ‘defrock’ […]
In the US, Southern Baptists apologise to abuse survivors and urge criminalising pastoral abuse
Anaheim, California, USRNS A day after approving a series of reforms meant to address sexual abuse in their denomination, Southern Baptists at their national meeting approved a resolution on Wednesday apologising to abuse survivors and asking for forgiveness. They also called on US state legislatures to create laws that make pastoral sexual misconduct a specific […]