Twenty months after hiring Ted Max as its lead pastor, he and the multi-campus Parkview Christian Church in Illinois have mutually decided to take a step back from that decision
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – A former SBC seminary president is calling for the Convention to “repent, reset and recommit to its founding missional identity.” Chuck Kelley, president emeritus of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, makes the impassioned plea in an essay released to Baptist Press just days before the 2024…
Before Southern Baptists gather for their annual meeting next week, this issue of A Public Witness offers some helpful context to explain how we got to the point where Donald Trump and Mike Pence — both speaking during the event — represent different wings of the SBC.
The national coalition of Southern Baptist churches will hold its annual meeting next week in Indianapolis, with plans to elect a new convention president and discuss alterations to the denominational...
The United Methodist Church Council of Bishops has issued an official response to the news that a regional body with over 1 million members had voted to leave the denomination
Former Hillsong NYC Pastor Carl Lentz claimed Tuesday that he was unable to speak publicly about his firing from Hillsong Church in 2020 because he was browbeaten into signing a non-disclosure ...
The SBC’s annual meeting June 11-12 in Indianapolis will include a vote on whether to ban churches with any women pastors — and not just in the top job.
Most Protestant pastors in the United States continue to oppose same-sex marriage, with the previously growing trend of support stalling, according to a recent report by Lifeway Research
As the SBC debates restrictions around titles and roles, female leaders continue their work in local churches.
INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – Members of the SBC Cooperation Group want Southern Baptists to remember the Great Commission was not made for the Southern Baptist Convention, but the Convention was created for the Great Commission.
David Robbins, a longtime ministry leader with Campus Crusade for Christ International, popularly known as Cru in the U S , has been selected as the new president of the interdenominational Christian ...
