Southern Baptists: Without annual meeting, amid decline, debates continue on race, women’s roles
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports on the ongoing debates within the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the US…
Head of Founders Ministries hospitalised
RNS Thomas Ascol, pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, Florida, and head of Founders Ministries, was hospitalised on Sunday after collapsing during church. According to a statement from Founders Ministries, Ascol was ministering to his church on Sunday morning when he “suddenly fell to the ground and was unresponsive.” He was then rushed to a […]
Controversial Founders Ministries video leads to board resignations, #MeToo concerns
RNS Several board members have resigned from a neo-Calvinist evangelical group that released a trailer of a planned film linking prominent Southern Baptists with a conspiracy to promote social justice advocacy in evangelical churches. The resignations, announced 1st August by Founders Ministries President Tom Ascol, come as some Southern Baptist leaders interviewed for the film […]