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Five United Methodist Church leaders who previously backed a measure to create a gracious exit for congregations tired of the denomination’s longstanding debate over homosexuality have withdrawn their support following the launch of the Global Methodist Church.
"Boycotts do not proclaim Christ," wrote the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, Dr Josiah Idowu-Fearon.
In continuation of a cultural shift researchers have previously documented as a growing rejection of organized religion, a new study from Lifeway research shows Americans are least likely to dismiss churches branded as nondenominational.
In this issue of A Public Witness, we recount the politics animating the SBC, hop on the virtual bus to follow Tom Ascol’s campaign, and then consider what his victory could mean well beyond Southern Baptist life.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. – Pastor Rhys Stenner recalls the day a small tree in his yard got crushed.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – Next week the Southern Baptist Convention will gather for our 164th annual meeting. It is always a special time when our convention comes together each June for this two-day family meeting. This is our first annual gathering in California in more than 40 years, and I…
ALTHA, Fla. (BP) – It all started with hikers, trekking the Florida National Scenic Trail, who asked to pitch a tent on the property of Hillcrest Baptist Church, located just south of Marianna in the Florida Panhandle.
Randy Davis, president and executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, called on the SBC to “break all ties” with the investigative firm Guidepost Solutions, which produced the long-awaited sexual abuse report, after the company posted on Twitter its support for LGBTQ+ Pride month.
Former Southern Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt has been formally suspended as pastor emeritus at First Baptist Church Woodstock in Georgia after an investigation deemed credible allegations that he sexually assaulted a younger pastor's wife several years ago.
A Lutheran minister claimed in a recent sermon that Jesus, who was holy and never sinned, “screwed up” and called a woman a b---- in her retelling of a biblical story that some have decried as blasphemous.
