A prison education: How US evangelical education institutions are creating pastors behind bars
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports on a fledgling US movement among evangelical seminaries, colleges and universities to rehabilitate prisoners through education…
In the US, Southern Baptist seminary heads join chorus of critics as leaders balk on abuse probe
RNS Pressure is building on members of the executive committee of the Southern Baptist Convention to allow a third-party firm full access to investigate how it has handled allegations of sexual abuse over the past 20 years. This week, all six Southern Baptist seminaries expressed their dismay at the executive committee’s unwillingness to act. Logos […]
In the US, Southern Baptist seminary presidents nix critical race theory
RNS Southern Baptist seminary presidents have taken up a hot culture war issue in a recent statement, saying “critical race theory” is incompatible with the denomination’s central statement of faith. Issued on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Southern Baptist Convention’s most recent statement of faith, the Baptist Faith & Message, the presidents’ […]
A RELUCTANT VOICE: PAIGE PATTERSON’S CAREER ENDED AFTER SHE CAME FORWARD. MEGAN LIVELY’S STRUGGLE CONTINUES
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports from the US on the story of Megan Lively and how her decision to reveal the response to her sexual assault helped move the Southern Baptist Convention toward a reckoning with sex abuse….
US: SEMINARIES PARTNER WITH PRISONS TO OFFER INMATES NEW LIVES AS MINISTERS
YONAT SHIMRON, writing for Religion News Service, reports on how US evangelical schools such as Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary offer inmates a free, on-site college degree if they promise they’ll minister to other inmates once they graduate…
News Special – Southern Baptists mull what’s next on confronting, preventing abuse
RNS The sermons, the hymn singing and the floor debates of the Southern Baptists’ annual meeting have concluded, but a key question remains: How will the denomination address the issues of sexual and physical abuse that loomed over the proceedings? At this week’s – 12th to 13th June – meeting, there was a sense that the […]
US seminary board fires Paige Patterson in dramatic turnabout
RNS Facing fresh evidence of an alleged rape cover-up by its former President Paige Patterson, the board of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary voted to strip Dr Patterson of the title and benefits it had granted him while ushering him out of the seminary’s leadership a week ago. In a statement posted to its website Wednesday, […]
THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION: IN THE US, MORE SEMINARY STUDENTS LEAVE MASTER OF DIVINITY BEHIND
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports on why more people looking to be ministers are favouring a Master of Arts over a Master of Divinity at US seminaries…