The head of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission sent a letter to the president of the International Olympic Committee Monday expressing dismay at the recent Olympic opening ceremony.
Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission President Brent Leatherwood is not resigning from his position, according to the Southern Baptist Convention body, contradicting an earlier announcement.
A proposed amendment to the Southern Baptist Convention's constitution, known as the Law Amendment, that would have permanently banned women from serving as pastors "as qualified by Scripture," fell 5 percentage points short of the required two-thirds support from messengers on Wednesday.
Southern Baptist Convention President Bart Barber warned the United States’ largest Protestant denomination against “toxic” churches that “empower critics” rather than buildup struggling believers.
In advance of the Southern Baptist Convention's June 11-12 Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, SBC's Resolutions Committee has released a list of 10 resolutions that messengers will consider in their preliminary form. Topics include IVF, Israel and parental rights. One resolution indirectly touches on the hot-button issue of Christian nationalism.
A civil lawsuit filed last year against the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee alleging that the church body mishandled abuse allegations has been dismissed.
Southern Baptists, while generally conservative in their political ideology, maintain a firm commitment to religious liberty for all Americans and support a government that does not favor any specific religion, according to a Lifeway Research study.
Former Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Adam Greenway has filed a lawsuit against the academic institution he once led, demanding financial compensation.
The United States Department of Justice has completed its investigation into alleged abuse within the Southern Baptist Convention and has decided not to file any charges against the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.
The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, will hold its Annual Meeting in June in Indianapolis, Indiana. The meeting will include electing a new president. Here's a list of the four individuals expected to be nominated for president at the SBC's Annual Meeting in June, in order of when the announcement was made that they would be nominated.
