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The Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday ousted churches for having a woman pastor and over abuse-related reports, solidifying the recent trend for churches and their involuntary exit from the ...
A new Southern Baptist Convention task force specifies top priorities as it starts on critical abuse reform work.
The Rev. Josh Wester, chairman of the Southern Baptist Convention's Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force spoke at a church gathering in Lawton.
The official name is the Southern Baptist Convention.The word Southern in "Southern Baptist Convention" stems from its 1845 organization in Augusta, Georgia, by white Baptists in the Southern United States who supported continuing the institution of slavery and split from the northern Baptists (known today as the American Baptist Churches USA), who did not support funding evangelists engaging ...
The Southern Baptist Convention took action on a measure to enshrine a ban on women pastors, abuse reform, IVF, a church ouster — and new president.
Widespread sexual abuse cases in Southern Baptist churches were reported by the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News on February 10, 2019. The report found roughly 380 clergy, lay leaders and volunteers had faced allegations of sexual misconduct , leaving behind over 700 victims [ 1 ] since 1998.
The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) is the public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, the second-largest Christian denomination in the United States. Brent Leatherwood has served as the ERLC president since September 13, 2022. [ 1 ]
The SBC filed a legal brief in a Kentucky Supreme Court case related to abuse claims in April. Six months later, Southern Baptists are outraged.