A decade after a small gathering in 2016 first sought to name and address the distinct ways religious persecution affects women, the Marcham+10 conference began on Friday (April 17), highlighting both progress and persistent challenges in confronting what is now widely termed “gender-specific religious persecution.”
Leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention publicly apologized to victims of sexual abuse within the denomination and vowed to make public a private database of offenders in response to an explosive report detailing allegations of sexual misconduct and a cover-up.
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
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…
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).
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.
