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The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee rejected a request to broaden an inquiry into its handling of sexual abuse allegations to include all the entities of the SBC.
06/14/2021 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service
Connie Dixon of New Mexico was elected president of the national Woman’s Missionary Union on June 13 at the group’s annual meeting at First Baptist Church in Nashville.
06/14/2021 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press
As the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting grapples with a number of serious challenges, some will be focused particularly on matters related to critical race theory.
Responding to allegations that it has mishandled allegations of abuse in the past, the SBC Executive Committee announced it has retained a firm to “conduct an independent review of its processes.”
06/14/2021 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service
Audio clips leaked by a Southern Baptist whistleblower appear to corroborate accusations Southern Baptist Convention leaders were reluctant to take action against churches accused of mishandling abuse.
06/14/2021 - By Bob Smietana & Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service
William Harvey O’Dell of Amarillo, retired Baptist pastor and chaplain, died June 5. He was 90.
06/10/2021 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Pastoral departure for Grand Prairie church results in addition to HPU faculty.
06/09/2021 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
East Texas Baptist University is partnering with the Cargill family to help facilitate the Polly Cargill Nursing Scholarship program. STCH Ministries is partnering with Bluebonnet Youth Ranch to use its Yoakum property as a Homes for Families campus.
The undergraduate school of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is now Texas Baptist College, President Adam W. Greenway announced June 9.
As many Protestant denominations prepare to gather this summer for their national meetings, most pastors believe it is vital for their church to be part of a denomination but doubt the importance of those types of ties lasting another decade.
06/09/2021 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay
Jihadists are blamed for killing 160 people in Burkina Faso in a prolonged weekend attack among the latest in violent religious persecution in Africa’s Sahel region.
06/09/2021 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press
TBM volunteers and homeowners in flood-damaged Lake Charles, La., are praying together, crying together and celebrating together.
06/08/2021 - By John Hall / Texas Baptist Men