Efforts are underway to seek UNESCO World Documentary Heritage inscription and national documentary cultural heritage designation for EXPLO ’74, a large-scale evangelistic gathering widely regarded as a catalyst for Korea’s national evangelization movement and the rapid growth of the Korean church.
Texas megachurch pastor Robert Jeffress is calling for churches to have a “zero-tolerance policy” after an investigation report released this week showed that Southern Baptist Convention leadership failed to properly handle sex abuse allegations.
Over the weekend in Warsaw, Indiana, a tragic, harrowing scene unfolded from the stage during New Life Christian Church's Sunday morning service. It
LEXINGTON, Ky. (BP) – Immanuel Baptist Church’s membership was unanimous in calling Ron Edmondson to be the senior pastor for the second time on Sunday (May 22).
The past few years have changed Baptist Press. For some, the changes have not been enacted with enough expediency, but, regardless, this news organization of the Southern Baptist Convention is different. For more than 75 years, Baptist Press has been a source of news and information for Southern Baptists. Over…
Pastors have a hard job. We all know this. The pandemic certainly hasn't made things easier, with huge numbers of pastors opening up about feelings of
A Warsaw, Indiana, pastor who drew a standing ovation from his congregation after telling them he was stepping down because he committed adultery with one person at least two decades ago drew their wrath minutes later after a woman tearfully alleged she was only 16 when the pastor took her virginity on his office floor while she sported a purity ring.
Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention have said they are “grieved” after an independent investigation found the denomination’s leadership mishandled sexual abuse allegations, mistreated victims and advocates, engaged in an abusive pattern of intimidation and repeatedly resisted reforms aimed at making their churches safer largely to avoid liability.
Over the last two decades, the Southern Baptist Convention had a pattern of silencing and disparaging survivors of sexual abuse who begged leadership for
A judge rejected a proposed $170 million class-action lawsuit against one of the world’s largest Christian ministries over alleged misappropriation of funds more than three years after the charity paid $37 million to settle a similar class-action lawsuit in the United States.
NASHVILLE (BP) – Following the release of the findings of Guidepost Solution’s investigation of the SBC Executive Committee’s handling of sexual abuse claims, Southern Baptist entity leaders are weighing in with reactions and calls for response. Statements from each entity’s president or executive director are below.
