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After approving a series of reforms meant to address sexual abuse in their denomination, Southern Baptists at their national meeting approved a resolution apologizing to abuse survivors and asking for forgiveness. They also called on legislatures to create laws that make pastoral sexual misconduct a specific crime and punish those who prey on church members.
Two of Evangelical Christianity’s most recognizable preachers are warning the nation's largest Protestant group to resist compromise amid a wave of internal disputes and controversies.
Newly elected Southern Baptist Convention President Bart Barber has rejected claims that the complementarian theology of the denomination was a major factor in its sex abuse scandal.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – Southern Baptist messengers took a strong stand against sexual abuse in Southern Baptist churches on June 13-14 at the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting. It was the first time in more than 25 years that California hosted the annual meeting.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – WMU President Connie Dixon and Executive Director-Treasurer Sandy Wisdom-Martin urged Gospel conversations during their report to messengers at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting on June 14.
ANAHEIM (BP) – Blindness must be really hard, Jennifer Rothschild said, repeating her future daughter-in-law’s words to her. “It is very hard,” Rothschild responded, “but earth is short, and heaven is long.”
More than 200 churches across Georgia, Florida and Arkansas are leaving the United Methodist Church (UMC) because of the mainline Protestant denomination’s reticence to follow its Biblical rules prohibiting same-sex marriage and the ordination of “noncelibate homosexuals.” The UMC Book of Discipline currently defines homosexuality as “incompatible with Christian teaching” and rejects the blessing of …
Southern Baptists adopted a resolution Tuesday rejecting the prosperity gospel, calling it false teaching and distortion of Scripture, particularly regarding Jesus Christ’s atoning work on the cross.
A pastor has warned attendees of the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting against using things like “politics,” “social justice,” and “music” to grow their congregations instead of the Gospel.
Theologian Tim Keller is “dealing with the side effects of an immunotherapy treatment that he is undergoing” amid his ongoing battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, his family announced in a social media post asking supporters for their prayers.
