“It's not a problem for me to point out these issues with Catholic churches or Penn State, just don't point the finger at my own Southern Baptist Convention,” SNAP representative Amy Smith says of pastors at First Baptist Church in Houston.
Read MoreDavid Barton tells an Alabama Baptist congregation there is no way to drink Starbucks coffee and be “biblically correct.”
Read MoreA leading advocate for victims of clergy sex abuse says it is hurtful and irresponsible for evangelical leaders to rally around an accused colleague before all the facts are known.
Read MoreWith the Southern Baptist Convention likely to adopt a resolution next month urging churches to withdraw from the Boy Scouts of America, a former convention worker and Scout supporter urged churches to think twice about lost opportunities for ministry and evangelism.
Read MoreSouthern Seminary’s Albert Mohler and Washington pastor Mark Dever break their silence on accusations of covering up sexual abuse by Calvinist colleague and friend C.J. Mahaney.
Read MoreRichard Land of the SBC Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission wrote a letter reiterating “strident opposition” to any change in the current Boy Scouts membership policy that bans gays.
Read More“As a Baptist Christian, it grieves me that some of my sisters and brothers in the faith are advocating a position on how the government should deal with same-sex marriage that directly violates what Baptists stand for.”
Read MoreA California judge rejected a Baptist university’s claim that it is exempt from a state law that bars discrimination based on gender identity.
Read MoreTwo Southern Baptist leaders cite “a troubling lack of respect for true religious diversity” in the U.S. military.
Read MoreSeveral churches have left Richmond Baptist Association in the seven weeks since a vote to not kick out a church for ordaining a gay minister, and more are considering doing the same.
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Don’t worry, gay Scouts, Southern Baptists still ‘love’ you By Thomas Whitley
A recent decision to drop its ban on gay members has, overnight apparently, turned the Boy Scouts of America into a mission field.
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A new theology of disability envisions a Body of Christ where all have a place.
A lady called some weeks ago saying that her church was in deep...
There are only two ways to raise your children: you either shut them...
At last week’s annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, messengers from SBC churches around...