The Southern Baptist Convention’s Office for Abuse Prevention and Response has launched a revamped helpline for those needing assistance with matters related to sexual abuse.
Brent Leatherwood has resigned as president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, concluding nearly nine years of service.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6–3 on June 26 that South Carolina may exclude abortion providers like Planned Parenthood from its Medicaid program.
The Tennessee Supreme Court will hear the appeal of the Southern Baptist Convention as it tries to protect its constitutional rights in a case connected to an inquiry by the SBC Credentials Committee.
This year’s WMU celebration at the Omni Dallas Hotel June 8 featured the theme “Let the Nations Be Glad,” based on Psalm 67:4: “May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the people with equity and guide the nations of the earth.”
Jeff Dalrymple, SBC Executive Committee director of abuse prevention and response, said the new website features will meet churches where they are, providing essential resources to help prepare churches before the need arises.
Due to a major renovation at the Salt Palace Convention Center, the Southern Baptist Convention must relocate its 2027 Annual Meeting from Salt Lake City, the SBC Executive Committee announced Thursday (May30).
Capt. Sanford M. Brown Jr. was a member of the 139th Infantry, 35th Division primarily composed of men from Missouri. His father, Sanford M. Brown Sr., was co-owner and editor of Missouri’s Baptist newspaper, The Word & Way, in the 1920s.
President Donald Trump has appointed Jack Graham, senior pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, to the advisory board of the newly established Religious Liberty Commission.
Trey Turner, pastor of Church at Wazeecha, which he and his wife Lea Ann planted 16 years ago, will become the next executive director of the Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Convention June 1.
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