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Rumors linking Soros to Evangelical Immigration Table disputed

Persistent rumors linking the Evangelical Immigration Table and Southern Baptists’ Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission to progressive billionaire George Soros prompted Baptist Press to publish an “explainer” disputing those claims.

01/10/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Feinstein to be nominated for SBC 2nd vice president

Stephen Feinstein, pastor of Sovereign Way Christian Church in Hesperia, Calif., will be nominated for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention at the SBC annual meeting in June 2020 in Orlando.

01/06/2020 - By Baptist Press Staff

Sex abuse response, entity transitions top 2019 SBC stories

Southern Baptists marked a year of transitions at several national entities in 2019, and they launched an initiative to help churches care for individuals affected by sexual abuse and harassment.

12/23/2019 - By Tobin Perry / Baptist Press

Baptist Friendship House a beacon of hope for 75 years

For the vulnerable and the hurting, Baptist Friendship House has stood as a beacon of hope in the heart of New Orleans for 75 years. For the past 20-plus years, Kay Bennett has played a key role in sharing that hope with area residents in need.

12/23/2019 - By Trennis Henderson / Woman's Missionary Union

Arkansas Baptist buys out shoe store and inspires town

Carrie Jernigan’s routine trip to discount shoe store turned into a massive outreach affecting the whole town of Alma, Ark., after she bought all the inventory at a shoe store’s going-out-of-business-sale to give to children in need.

12/17/2019 - By Sara Davis / Arkansas Baptist News

Church gets creative with Lattes for Lottie

Donations at the Lattes for Lottie coffee counter at Mount Harmony Baptist Church in Knoxville, Tenn., not only raise money for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions, but also raise awareness about the offering’s namesake.

12/12/2019 - By Leslie Peacock Caldwell / International Mission Board

Too few churches for New Mexico’s Hispanic mission field

Nearly half of New Mexico’s population is Hispanic—the highest share in the United States. Yet only 57 Hispanic Baptist churches minister to fewer than 3,000 Hispanics on any given Sunday across the state.

12/06/2019 - By Keila Diaz / Baptist Press

Former professor and seminary at odds over cause of dismissal

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary denied charges by a former humanities professor, who identifies as a previously gay abuse survivor, that he was fired because he refused to stop talking about homosexuality and sex abuse.

12/06/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Her honesty brought allegations against Patterson to light

For Megan Lively, speaking publicly about her sexual assault 16 years ago on the campus of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary still is stressful.

11/22/2019 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

Beth Moore doesn’t ‘have an axe to grind’

Beth Moore preached a momentous sermon during the inaugural National Preaching Conference hosted by Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary.

11/21/2019 - By Eric Black / Editor

Patterson fearful after first black SBC president elected

A newly discovered letter from one former prominent leader of the Southern Baptist Convention to another reveals a depth of mistrust and suspicion toward the denomination’s first black president.

11/15/2019 - By Adelle M. Banks & Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

Southwestern Seminary enters partnership with OBU

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Oklahoma Baptist University have established a pathway for OBU bachelor’s degree students to enter Southwestern Seminary’s master’s degree programs with advanced standing, expediting their theological education.

11/13/2019 - By Alex Sibley / Southwestern Seminary