LifeWay Christian Resources Executive Vice President Brad Waggoner has been named acting president and CEO of the Southern Baptist entity until a new president is named.
Brad Waggoner Named Acting President and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources
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Benjamin and Kirsten Watson Donate Donate Ultrasound Machine to Baptist Community Health Services in New Orleans
Southern Baptists celebrated the power of partnership with a veteran National Football League player and his family in dedicating a new ultrasound machine in a New Orleans health center.
2018 Relief Efforts by Southern Baptists Still Need Volunteers in the New Year
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) — The calendar has turned to a New Year, but hundreds of people in the Southeast continue picking up the pieces following the massive storms that hit the region in 2018.
President 41, George H.W. Bush, Remembered as a Man Who ‘Felt Right at Home With People Who Loved God and His Word’
President George H.W. Bush, who died Nov. 30 at age 94, is being remembered by Southern Baptists who knew him as a “warm,” “cordial” man who “felt right at home with people who loved God and His Word.”
Tennessee Pastor Resigns After Accusations He Sexually Molested Teenage Girls
Southern Baptist Pastor John Finley has resigned after 31 years at the helm of Bartlett Hills Baptist Church in Bartlett, Tennessee, following accusations that he sexually molested two teenage girls over 30 years ago while serving at a church in Texas.
Southern Baptists Pass Resolutions Condemning Racism and Abuse, and Affirming the Dignity and Worth of Women and Immigrants
Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention voted en masse to pass resolutions affirming the dignity and worth of women, condemning abuse, condemning racism, and affirming the value and dignity of immigrants.
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Strips Paige Patterson Of All Titles, Benefits, Rights, and Privileges Following ‘New Information’ in Student’s Sex Abuse Case
This just happened. In light of “new information” regarding Paige Patterson’s handling of a student’s alleged sexual abuse case, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has stripped the newly-minted president emeritus of all titles, benefits, rights, and privileges.
Southern Baptist Convention’s National African American Fellowship Joins With Prison Fellowship to Reach Community
Racial disparities within America’s criminal justice system are spurring black Southern Baptist pastors to work more closely with the national evangelical Prison Fellowship ministry, a pastors’ group told Baptist Press.
691 New North American Churches Planted by Southern Baptists in 2017 to Proclaim Jesus & Change Lives
One October morning in 2017, a young lady visited a brand new church in Montréal. She didn’t have a positive view of Christianity, but something struck a chord with her that morning.
Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. With Southern Baptists
Pastor James Dixon calls it “otherness,” loving others enough to die for their benefit. That’s what he credits to the late Martin Luther King Jr. nearly 50 years after the civil rights leader’s death.
Atlanta Pastor Gabriel C. Stovall Counters Lawrence Ware’s Decision to Leave the Southern Baptist Convention With Why He’s Staying In the Southern Baptist Convention
Atlanta pastor Gabriel C. Stovall, having read a much-publicized black minister’s decision to leave the Southern Baptist Convention, recounts the dialogue and changes of heart he has experienced in the SBC that stir him to remain in the convention.
Ed Stetzer: ‘Too Many Southern Baptists Were On the Wrong Side of Fire Hoses in Birmingham; We Need to Get On the Right Side of the Rising Tide of Racism’
A national meeting of Southern Baptists will consider condemning the political movement known as the “alt-right” amid an uproar over the denomination’s commitment to confronting prejudice.
