Cruel or harmless? US pastors mixed on Republican migrant transports
United StatesAP As Republican governors ramp up their high-profile transports of migrants to Democratic-run jurisdictions, the practice is getting a mixed reaction from Christian faith leaders – many of whom, especially evangelicals, have supported GOP candidates by large numbers in recent elections. Some depict the actions as inhumanely exploiting vulnerable people for political ends, while others say […]
The US Department of Justice is investigating the SBC. What does it mean?
United StatesRNS More than four decades after sexual abuse claims against a Catholic priest first made national headlines, spurring accusations, lawsuits, a series of newspaper investigations and billions in settlements, the US Department of Justice is investigating a religious group’s handling of sexual crimes by clergy and church staff. This time, the Southern Baptist Convention […]
Southern Baptists say denomination faces US Department of Justice investigation
Nashville, Tennessee, US AP Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention said Friday that several of the denomination’s major entities are under investigation by the US Department of Justice in the wake of its multiple problems related to clergy sex abuse. The SBC’s Executive Committee has received a subpoena, but no individuals have been subpoenaed at this […]
In the US, Southern Baptists may cheer DeSantis’ war on Disney but don’t expect a boycott
RNS Pastor DJ Jenkins’ daughter, Piper, turns 13 in less than two weeks, and she is going to Disneyland. It won’t be the first time: The Jenkins family has an annual pass to the theme park about 40 miles south of their Studio City, California, home. “I haven’t seen anyone from a pastoral position or […]
Jesus saved Beth Moore’s life. Twitter blew it up. A new memoir will tell the story.
RNS For the past few years, Bible teacher and best-selling author Beth Moore has been one tweet away from disaster. Moore, perhaps the best-known ex-Southern Baptist in the country, will recount her Twitter battles, her split with her former denomination and, more importantly, her lifelong journey with Jesus, in a new memoir titled All My […]
Southern Baptists: President Ed Litton on racial reconciliation, SBC decline and his own failings
Southern Baptist Convention president Ed Litton announced he wouldn’t be seeking a second term as the leader of the largest Protestant denomination in the US. BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports…
“At a crossroads”: Southern Baptist Convention faces leadership drain amid ongoing challenges
Following news of the resignation of Ronnie Floyd, president of its executive committee last week, BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, looks at the recent turmoil among leadership in the Southern Baptist Convention…
Russell Moore: Sickness, death from COVID-19 likely reducing some vaccine hesitancy
RNS Russell Moore, Southern Baptist ethicist-turned-public theologian, said that knowing people who became seriously ill or died from COVID-19 may be causing some vaccine-hesitant individuals to change their minds. “One of the things, I think, that is moving the needle a little bit, more than anything else, is the experience of seeing great suffering,” he […]
Essay: If we’re rescinding Southern Baptist history, let’s undo our link to the Confederacy
In an article first published on Religion News Service, ALAN CROSS, Southern Baptist pastor and author, says that before turning back the clock on CRT Southern Baptists should rescind a May 1861 resolution aligning the SBC with the Confederacy…
Russell Moore parts from Southern Baptists personally as well as professionally
RNS Russell Moore, who recently resigned as the Southern Baptist Convention’s chief ethicist, has also moved on from the nation’s largest Protestant denomination personally, attending a Tennessee church that is not affiliated with the SBC. TJ Tims, lead pastor of Immanuel Nashville, announced Tuesday on social media that Moore is now the church’s minister in […]