The SBC Has Announced a New Hotline for Victims to Report Abuse - RELEVANT
A wave of announcements is expected from the Southern Baptist Convention on the heels of a devastating third party report that exposed a two
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Organizations offer struggling churches resources for the future - The Christian Chronicle
LA MESA, Calif. — When The Christian Chronicle staff met in March to talk about the “Where have all the churches gone?” project, I told my long-suffering editor I didn’t want to just write about dying churches for seven months. “That will just depress everyone, especially me,” I remember saying. While I wanted to […]
Unless the Church of Scotland returns to the Gospel, it will die
Where is the Church of Scotland going? The answer is: to extinction.
Church of Scotland General Assembly backs calls for ban on conversion therapy
The General Assembly agreed to "urge the Scottish Government to ban conversion therapy and instruct the [Faith Impact] Forum to make representations to the Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament".
FIRST-PERSON: Reasons to stay invested in the Southern Baptist Convention | Baptist Press
LEXINGTON, Ky. (BP) – As many of you are probably aware, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), in particular, the SBC Executive Committee (EC), has been under investigation for its handling of sexual abuse instances involving pastors or church members in local Southern Baptist churches from June 2001-June 2021.
Executive Committee sets up hotline for abuse claims | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – A hotline has been established to allow those affected by sexual abuse within Southern Baptist churches. The number is 202-864-5578.
SBC leaders promise reforms
In a special meeting on Tuesday, 97 percent of Executive Committee members of the Southern Baptist Convention voted to apologize for comments made in 2006 by the committee’s former vice president an...
After 2,000 UK Church Buildings Close, New Church Plants Get Creative
In England, some rally to restore aging and emptying Anglican sites, while diverse congregations look beyond traditional sanctuaries.
The Next Southern Baptist Investigation
In this issue of A Public Witness, we call on state attorneys general to open investigations into Southern Baptist entities and conventions. After reviewing reactions to the Guidepost report, we build our case by examining the precedent set with similar state investigations into the Catholic Church.
Ex-SBC president allegedly sexually assaulted pastor’s wife, asked for sex 3 times a day
Former Southern Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt allegedly sexually assaulted another pastor’s wife and then told her he wanted to have sex with her three times a day while he was on a beach vacation with his family in Panama City, Florida.
