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Heads of SBC mission boards say they will not fund new abuse reform non-profit

Nashville, Tennessee, US RNS Leaders of two major Southern Baptist mission boards said they will not help fund a proposed independent non-profit meant to implement the denomination’s abuse reforms. Plans for the non-profit were announced on Monday night during a meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee. The headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention is seen […]

In the US, Southern Baptists end first day of annual meeting with key questions hanging

Messengers vote during the first day of the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting at the Ernst Memorial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, on 13th June, 2023.

New Orleans, US RNS During the opening day of their annual meeting, Southern Baptists re-elected a president, debated the place of women leaders in the church and spent hours debating using Robert’s Rules of Order. Still, nearly 10 hours after the opening gavel, key issues that brought nearly 13,000 members of the nation’s largest Protestant […]