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Former abuser resigns after church ousted from SBC

A Tennessee pastor who confessed two decades ago to statutory rape has resigned after his church was recently removed from the Southern Baptist Convention for employing him.

03/16/2021 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

Beth Moore: Southern Baptist no more

Beth Moore’s criticism of Donald Trump’s abusive behavior toward women and her advocacy for sexual abuse victims turned her from a beloved icon to a pariah in the denomination she loved all her life.

03/09/2021 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

Pregnancy center offers services for mothers and babies

New Beginnings Pregnancy Center in Benton, Ark., experienced a few new beginnings of its own the past several years.

03/02/2021 - By Trennis Henderson / Woman's Missionary Union

CBF adjusts format of 2021 general assembly

The 2021 Cooperative Baptist Fellowship general assembly will be held virtually for the second consecutive year, due to changes in the status of the originally planned venue in Washington, D.C.

03/02/2021 - By Jeff Huett / Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

Appeals court rules in favor of Pressler accuser

A state appeals court ruled a sexual abuse lawsuit could go forward against Paul Pressler, a former judge and influential Southern Baptist who helped lead what supporters called a “conservative resurgence” in the denomination in the 1970s and 1980s.

03/02/2021 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

Task force to study SBC polity regarding trustee misconduct

A dispute about whether a Southern Baptist entity can suspend trustees for misconduct will be studied by a task force formed by the SBC Executive Committee’s committee on missions and ministry.

02/25/2021 - By George Schroeder / Baptist Press

SBC Executive Committee disfellowships four churches

The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee disfellowshipped four churches Feb. 23—two for their stance on homosexuality and two that employed sex offenders.

02/24/2021 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

Greear: Political division distracting Southern Baptists

Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear called out fellow Baptists on Feb. 22 who he said were sowing dissension and lies in the denomination.

02/24/2021 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

Stephen Reeves elected to lead Fellowship Southwest

Stephen Reeves, former director of public policy for the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission, has been elected executive director of Fellowship Southwest.

02/23/2021 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

NAMB appeals to Supreme Court in McRaney case

The Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission board has filed a petition with the Supreme Court of the United States in its ongoing case involving a lawsuit against the board filed by a former Baptist state executive director.

02/18/2021 - By Jonathan Howe / Baptist Press

Ministries to refugees impact community and world for Christ

The crisis surrounding an Iraqi refugee family’s house fire helped churches engage busy young women in hands-on missions.

02/18/2021 - By Trennis Henderson / Woman's Missionary Union

Refugee resettlement offers ministry opportunities

The decision to increase dramatically the number of refugees to be welcomed into the United States will provide Christians important opportunities for gospel witness and service to those fleeing oppression, some Baptist leaders said.

02/17/2021 - By Tom Strode / Baptist Press