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  Kentucky Baptists cut ties with CBF-aligned churches

  The Kentucky Baptist Convention will cut ties with a small group of churches that remain dually aligned with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, a missions network that took steps earlier this year to allow the hiring of LGBT individuals for some staff positions.

  11/14/2018 - By Kentucky Today and Baptist Press

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  ‘The woods exploded’ amid pastor’s fire rescue

  When the deadliest wildfire in state history struck the Northern California town of Magalia, Pastor Doug Crowder didn’t get to preach his Veterans Day sermon about risking death to save others, but he had the opportunity to live it.

  11/13/2018 - By David Roach / Baptist Press

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  Bautistas ven a caravana como una oportunidad de ministerio

  Mientras que algunos políticos en Estados Unidos han dicho que la caravana que viene de Centroamérica debe de ser considerada una “invasión,” algunos bautistas en México y en el sur de Texas ven la situación como una oportunidad para ministrar.

  11/08/2018 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  IMB taps Paul Chitwood as presidential candidate

  The International Mission Board trustees’ presidential search committee announced it will recommend Paul Chitwood, 48, to be elected as the 173-year-old entity’s 13th president.

  11/06/2018 - By Julie McGowan / International Mission Board

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  Some Baptists view caravan as ministry opportunity

  While some politicians in the United States have referred to the caravan of Central American immigrants traveling toward the nation’s southern border as an “invasion,” some Baptists in Mexico and South Texas view the situation as a ministry opportunity.

  11/06/2018 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Ecumenical ministry to immigrants in caravan formed

  Pastors and ministry leaders on both sides of the Mexico-United States border are gearing up to meet the physical and spiritual needs of the immigrant caravan that began in Latin America and now is marching through Mexico toward the United States.

  11/02/2018 - By Marv Knox / Fellowship Southwest

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  Baptist leaders condemn synagogue shooting

  Leaders of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, the Southern Baptist Convention and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship condemned anti-Semitism and expressed grief over the loss of life in a Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.

  10/30/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Southwestern Seminary fires women’s studies professor

  Candi Finch, a former professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, confirmed via Twitter she was terminated by the seminary’s trustees Oct. 17.

  10/22/2018 - By David Roach / Baptist Press

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  Judge dismisses claims against SBC in Pressler sex abuse case

  A Texas court dismissed several defendants and multiple counts in a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse by retired Texas state district judge Paul Pressler.

  10/18/2018 - By David Roach / Baptist Press

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  Southwestern Seminary trustees uphold Patterson firing

  Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s trustees voted to uphold the trustee executive committee’s decision in May to terminate former president Paige Patterson.

  10/17/2018 - By David Roach / Baptist Press

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  LifeWay presidential search committee accepting nominations

  The LifeWay Christian Resources presidential search committee is accepting nominations for a successor to Thom Rainer.

  10/09/2018 - By Carol Pipes / LifeWay Christian Resources

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  Paige Patterson to teach ethics at seminary Richard Land leads

  Paige Patterson, ousted as a seminary president for allegedly dismissing women’s concerns about abuse and rape, will teach a Christian ethics course at another seminary where Richard Land, former leader of Southern Baptists’ ethics agency, is president.

  10/02/2018 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service