by Michael Chancellor | Mar 24, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
Three somewhat recent events clarify the trajectory of the Southern Baptist Convention. First, the departure of Beth Moore for the Anglican Church. I could reference the old “canary in the mine analogy,” which while effective, left a dead canary. Beth left before...
by Justin Lockamy | Mar 14, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
An un-Baptist spirit is permeating the leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention. This spirit has a thirst for power and control at the expense of allowing local churches to live out God’s call for their congregation. This same spirit has been at work in the...
by Starlette Thomas | Mar 6, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
Churches are supposed to be our forever homes. Clergy don’t enter Christian ministry thinking that the relationship with their first church may not last. Where do you go when the church is not a sanctuary? “Just go to another one” is not the answer. It spiritually...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Sep 19, 2022 | News
The views of U.S. adults toward the Catholic Church, the Southern Baptist Convention and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (the Mormon Church) trend negative and unfavorable, according to a YouGov report published September 12. Respondents were asked to...
by Christa Brown | Aug 2, 2022 | Opinion
Many have applauded the sexual abuse reforms of the Southern Baptist Convention, adopted at their annual meeting last June. Not me. The devil is in the details, and those details give me little reason to cheer. Here’s why. Bruce Frank, who led the SBC’s Sexual Abuse...