My “Wait! What?” moment during the proceedings at the 2024 Southern Baptist Convention was the proposal that the Convention add up to three creeds to the Baptist Faith and Message (2000). Wait! What? Baptists are not a creedal people. Why does anyone want to tack a creed or two or three to our statement of […]
ERLC’s Leatherwood wasn’t fired after all
Nashville, Tenn. | Brent Leatherwood appeared unemployed briefly on Monday, July 22. Then, in just few hours, the announcement of his firing was rescinded, and he was back in place as President and CEO of the SBC’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission “with our support moving forward,” an ERLC Executive Committee statement said early Tuesday. […]
SBC: Messengers reject censure and IVF, support ERLC
Indianapolis | With considerable debate from the floor, messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Indianapolis June 11-12 turned away efforts to censure three key leaders, a motion to abolish the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), and approved a resolution in opposition to in vitro fertilization (IVF) that aligns with the Catholic view […]
SBC: ‘Law’ amendment fails despite majority vote
Indianapolis | The “Law amendment” to the SBC constitution failed to net a two-thirds majority vote from messengers at the Southern Baptist Convention in Indianapolis on Wednesday, June 12, meaning there will be no addition to the constitution limiting the pastorate to males only. The tally in the vote was 5,099 in favor of the […]
SBC: Messengers approve three major reports, dismiss another church
Indianapolis | The balloting for Southern Baptist Convention president passed two rounds on Tuesday and messengers readied for a third presidential vote on Wednesday. Meanwhile, in a very busy first day of the SBC Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, more than 10,000 registered messengers approved three major reports analyzing SBC life and making new recommendations. Messengers […]
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