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Arkansas exec Rex Horne to transition out of role

April 4, 2025

Rex Horne is beginning the process of transitioning out of the role of Arkansas Baptist State Convention (ABSC) executive director, he announced this week.

SC megachurch leaving SBC: ‘We don’t want our affiliation to distract’

April 2, 2025

NewSpring Church, which has more than 14,000 members at 13 campuses across South Carolina, has announced its withdrawal from the Southern Baptist Convention, citing the “distress and conflict” its continued affiliation is causing.

Judge dismisses all but one claim in Hunt’s lawsuit against SBC

March 31, 2025

A federal judge has dismissed all but one claim in former Southern Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt’s lawsuit against the SBC, its Executive Committee, and Guidepost Solutions.

Williams named executive director of Baptist Convention of New York

March 28, 2025

The Baptist Convention of New York has announced that Frank Williams will serve as its next executive director/treasurer, beginning April 2.

SBC: DOJ closes investigation of Convention

March 12, 2025

The U.S. Department of Justice informed Southern Baptist Convention attorneys Wednesday (March 12) that its investigation into the SBC and its entities is closed.

Alaska exec steps down after home church deemed no longer in friendly cooperation with SBC

March 6, 2025

Randy Covington has resigned as executive director and treasurer of the Alaska Baptist Resource Network after apologizing for comments made regarding the SBC’s decision to deem his home church not in friendly cooperation with Convention.

Queen seeks probation, fine as sentence date approaches

February 20, 2025

A document submitted by the attorney of Matt Queen contains excerpts from 59 letters of support for the former Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary professor alongside pleas for leniency from Queen himself as sentencing approaches.

SBC Exec Comm to gather for February meeting in Nashville

February 14, 2025

The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee will convene its annual February meeting next week (Feb. 17–18) in Nashville.

Executive order protecting women’s sports signed, praised as ‘encouraging and helpful’ step

February 5, 2025

The order defines “sex” strictly as an individual’s immutable biological classification, effectively ending efforts to tie transgender participation to Title IX protections.