Five news nuggets to know this week

Welcome to The Weekly, produced by TAB Media Group, which publishes The Alabama Baptist and The Baptist Paper. Each episode features news headlines read by TAB Media Group staff and volunteers. New episodes are released weekly on Wednesday mornings. Articles featured in this episode:

Alabama Baptist universities celebrate commencement (0:40)

Ouachita Baptist University trustees stand behind president (2:30)

Two Alabama congregations selling recognizable properties and relocating (3:21)

Take It Down Act called ‘huge bipartisan victory’ against online exploitation (4:19)

Longtime gospel singer dies (5:01)

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Josh Buice quits G3 Conference after fake social media accounts exposed

May 15, 2025

Josh Buice, founder of the G3 Conference and pastor of Pray’s Mill Baptist Church in Douglasville, Georgia, was placed on indefinite leave last week.

Update: Johnny Hunt jury trial on hold

May 15, 2025

In an order issued Monday, May 12, Judge William L. Campbell Jr. announced that the jury trial in the lawsuit brought by Johnny Hunt against the Southern Baptist Convention and others has been canceled.

SC Supreme Court upholds 6-week abortion ban; legal challenges continue

May 15, 2025

The court concluded that while the law’s language referencing “fetal heartbeat” is medically vague, the legislative intent and prior statements by both lawmakers and abortion providers consistently aligned with a six-week threshold …

Launchpad: ‘Celebrate next’ with congregational multiplication strategies

May 15, 2025

The answer to the growth dilemma is obvious. When it is shared with congregations, they often reject it in favor of doing things to help existing congregations remain or become vital and vibrant.