“A bridge for two sides”: Ukrainian evangelicals emerge as a potent lobby for US support of their country
TIFFANY STANLEY, of Associated Press, reports on the work of Ukrainians like Baptist Pastor Yaroslav Pyzh in reaching out to American evangelicals about the need for continued US support…
The future of SBC abuse reform is now in the hands of denominational committee
Indianapolis, US RNS Leaders of a volunteer taskforce charged with implementing abuse reforms in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination say they were given an impossible task. In the end, the task proved too much. Messengers vote at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, on 11th June, 2024. PICTURE: […]
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 […]
Who will pay for the SBC’s abuse reforms over the long term? No-one knows
United States RNS After years of delay, Southern Baptists passed a series of reforms in 2022 aimed at addressing abuse in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Those reforms included setting up a “Ministry Check” database to track abusive pastors and training churches on how to prevent abuse and to care for abuse survivors. The plan […]