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Kentucky man declared brain dead wakes up during organ harvesting

Case of Anthony Thomas ‘TJ’ Hoover II is under investigation by state and federal government officials

The Guardian - US

Paul Pressler, a former Southern Baptist leader accused of sexual abuse, dead at 94

One of the most influential evangelical figures of the last half-century, Pressler died about six months after he settled a high-profile lawsuit with a former member of his youth group.

The Texas Tribune

More than 10,000 Southern Baptists gather for meeting that could bar churches with women pastors

More than 10,000 voting representatives have gathered in Indianapolis for the opening of the Southern Baptist Convention’s two-day annual meeting

The Independent UK

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Southern Baptists are poised to ban churches with women pastors. Some are urging them to reconsider

The Southern Baptist Convention is preparing to vote on a proposed constitutional ban on churches with women pastors

The Independent UK

Clapham chemical attack suspect was granted asylum despite concerns over honesty

Abdul Ezedi, whose conversion to Christianity played role in his successful asylum claim, said Old Testament was about ‘Jesus Christ’

The Guardian - UK

Railroad Commission approves oilfield waste ponds next to Baptist camp in Permian Basin

Martin Water is building an oil and gas waste recycling facility next to the Circle 6 Baptist Camp in the Permian Basin despite concerns about water and air pollution.

The Texas Tribune

Southern Baptist Convention Expels Churches Over Policy Violations

The Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee expels four churches for various reasons, including gender roles and sexual abuse concerns. Plans for...

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Commentary: What is the Southern Baptists’ problem with women?

At their annual meeting in New Orleans last week, Southern Baptists doubled down on their crusade against female clergy. “Messengers” (delegates) of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination ratified the expulsion of two congregations — one of them Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California — for condoning the ordination of women.

Los Angeles Times

Southern Baptist Convention votes to expel two churches with female pastors – a religion scholar explains how far back these battles go

During its two-day annual meeting that began on June 13, 2023, the Southern Baptist Convention reaffirmed the ouster of its largest congregation that ordained women and began a process to amend its constitution to ensure its church membership “does not affirm, appoint or employ a woman as a pastor of…

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Southern Baptists refuse to let Saddleback Church back into the denomination for women pastors

The Southern Baptist Convention has refused to welcome Saddleback Church back into its fold

The Independent UK

Impassioned appeals by ousted churches spotlight Southern Baptists' stance against women pastors

Longtime pastors of two churches have made their final appeals to Southern Baptists, asking for their churches to be let back into the denomination after being ousted for having women pastors

The Independent UK

Saddleback's Rick Warren ramps up appeals to Southern Baptists to let church with women pastors stay

Retired pastor Rick Warren, author of “The Purpose Driven Life,” is intensifying a media blitz in what he acknowledges may be a lost cause

The Independent UK

In a last-ditch effort, longtime Southern Baptist churches expelled for women pastors fight to stay

Two Southern Baptist churches ousted for having women pastors will be appealing that decision at the Southern Baptist Convention's upcoming annual meeting

The Independent UK

For many Southern Baptists, the only campaign question is which Republican candidate to support

Southern Baptists form a core part of the white evangelical Christian bloc that has reliably and overwhelmingly voted Republican in recent elections

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Amid crises, rural roots anchor Southern Baptists’ president

The new president of the Southern Baptist Convention is a staunchly conservative small-town preacher who touts biblical inerrancy, opposes women serving as pastors and supports abortion bans

The Independent UK

Amid crises, rural roots anchor Southern Baptists’ president

The new president of the Southern Baptist Convention is a staunchly conservative small-town preacher who touts biblical inerrancy, opposes women serving as pastors and supports abortion bans

The Independent UK

LGBTQ-friendly church OK with getting Southern Baptist boot

Leaders of College Park Baptist Church in Greensboro, North Carolina, thought it was odd when the Southern Baptist Convention recently sent queries about the congregation's LGBTQ-affirming ministry

The Independent UK

Southern Baptists cut ties with LGBTQ-friendly church

The Southern Baptists’ Executive Committee has voted effectively to cut ties with two congregations

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Norton, Baptist begin offering new COVID-19 boosters

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Couple who were baptised, met, and wed at same church will now live there

They said returning to Mount Pleasant Baptist Church 'feels like moving home'

The Independent UK

Department of Justice opens probe into Southern Baptist Convention’s handling of sexual assault

SBC came under fire after a damning review in May found that several of its leaders silenced sexual assault victims

The Guardian - US

US Southern Baptist churches facing ‘apocalypse’ over sexual abuse scandal

A report named hundreds of church leaders accused or found guilty of abusing children and says survivors were mistreated

WEKU

A former pastor grieves the loss of his great-granddaughter in Uvalde

Julián Moreno is the retired pastor of a Baptist church in Uvalde. Members of the congregation gathered to remember his great-granddaugher and another girl who was killed in the shooting.

WEKU

Southern Baptist leaders release a previously secret list of accused sexual abusers

In response to an explosive investigation, a list has been released of hundreds of pastors and other church-affiliated personnel accused of abuse. The cases largely span from 2000-2019.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Southern Baptist Convention must confront its own sexual abuse scandal

A third-party organization brought in by the Southern Baptist Convention to investigate allegations of systemic sexual abuse within the nation’s largest Protestant denomination found its leaders ignored and even “vilified” the victims, and knew more about the perpetrators than they admitted. The abuses occurred over a two-decade period, accentuating the…

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