Forget Southern Baptists; We Have Our Own Issues

Forget Southern Baptists; We Have Our Own Issues

The Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC’s) 2021 meeting in Nashville last week led to significant reactions from both outsiders and insiders. As the findings against fired seminary president Paige Patterson, the baseless fears of critical race theory and anxiety around...

North Carolina Colleges Cutting Baptist Ties

Five North Carolina Baptist colleges and universities are moving toward loosening ties with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. A convention committee earlier this month signed off on a proposal from the schools to elect their own trustees, give up $6.2...

CBF Cries Foul Over Baptist Press Reporting

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship cried foul over two news stories in Baptist Press questioning the way the moderate breakaway group counts churches and criticizing CBF-supported theology schools. One Friday story in the Southern Baptist Convention news service...

Former Missionary Terms Possible Firings ‘Witch Hunt’

A former Southern Baptist missionary fired in 2002 for teaching at a seminary in Brazil that his superiors deemed out of bounds of the 2000 “Baptist Faith & Message” said news that a missionary couple in West Africa may be terminated for working with...