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  NC pastor Pardue nominee for SBC 2nd VP

  North Carolina pastor J. Allen Murray plans to nominate fellow North Carolina pastor Micheal Pardue to be second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention at the 2024 SBC annual meeting.

  03/26/2024 - By Brandon Porter / Baptist Press

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  ERLC approves funds for abuse reform task force

  Trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission voted March 21 to re-designate $250,000 toward the SBC Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force.

  03/25/2024 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press

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  Louisiana Reach Haiti staff trapped in Port-au-Prince

  Louisiana Baptists and others urgently are praying for the safe return of two Louisiana Reach Haiti Children’s Village staff members trapped in Port-au-Prince, capital city of a country that has seen a rapid increase in gang activity.

  03/19/2024 - By Brian Blackwell / Baptist Message

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  Michael Clary to be nominated for SBC 1st VP

  Jared Moore to nominate Cincinnati pastor Michael Clary for Southern Baptist Convention first vice president at the 2024 SBC annual meeting.

  03/12/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  What is happening with the SBC and the DOJ probe?

  The Department of Justice investigation into the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee apparently remains open and ongoing, contrary to what lawyers said earlier.

  03/08/2024 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  DOJ closes investigation of SBC EC’s handling of abuse

  Federal officials have concluded an investigation into the SBC Executive Committee’s handling of sexual abuse claims, with no charges being filed.

  03/06/2024 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Jeff Iorg to be nominated to lead SBC Executive Committee

  A special-called meeting will take place March 21 for SBC EC members to consider the nomination of Jeff Iorg as the next EC president and CEO.

  03/01/2024 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press

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  David Allen to be nominated for SBC president

  David Allen will be nominated for Southern Baptist Convention president at the 2024 SBC annual meeting this summer.

  02/29/2024 - By Brandon Porter / Baptist Press

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  Tennessee pastor to be nominated for SBC president

  Oklahoma pastor Dusty Deevers to nominate Tennessee pastor Jared Moore for SBC president at the 2024 SBC annual meeting.

  02/28/2024 - By Brandon Porter / Baptist Press

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  SBC mission boards will not fund abuse reform nonprofit

  Leaders of the two major Southern Baptist mission boards said Send Relief money will not be used to help fund a proposed independent nonprofit meant to implement the denomination’s abuse reforms.

  02/23/2024 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Nightmare scenario fueled pastor’s commitment

  A child shows up in a hypothetical situation but represents a real possibility—so real, it moved one South Carolina pastor deeply enough to embrace a seemingly impossible task and expend time, energy and money urging others to come alongside him.

  02/23/2024 - By Jennifer Rash Davis / The Baptist Paper

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  SBC Executive Committee cuts ties with four churches

  The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Board voted to cut ties with four churches on Feb. 20. One hired a woman pastor. Two allegedly mismanaged sexual abuse. The other failed to give to SBC missions causes.

  02/21/2024 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service