The September trustees meeting of the SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission may be a little longer than usual, as the board prepares to hear from the search team that will recommend the next president. The group is working through the process with an active candidate, its chairman reported in late July, according to chair […]
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Students return to HLGU
Students moved into their dorm rooms at summer’s end and classes resumed Aug. 22 at Hannibal-LaGrange University after a season when the viability of a fall semester was in question. The school was in crisis mode in March, with closure predicted before the end of the spring semester unless immediate cuts were made and funds […]
Critics say ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ is a misnomer
The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on the Respect for Marriage Act as early as the first week of September. The Act, which many of the bill’s opponents say is misnamed, would codify same-sex marriage into federal law. Some states, including Illinois, have already codified same-sex marriage into their state laws. While in other […]
Reform implementation begins
The nine members of the successor to the SBC’s Sexual Abuse Task Force were named by new convention president Bart Barber of Texas after one month on the job. At the same time the list was made public, the South Carolina pastor who will lead implementation of abuse prevention reforms was advising local association leaders […]
BCHFS employee pleads guilty
A former staff member of the Baptist Children’s Home and Family Services pled guilty to two counts of criminal sexual assault of a minor ages 13-17 in White County Circuit court on Wednesday. Daniel W. Lanning was arrested in April on four counts involving a teenager in his care at the Carmi facility. Two charges […]
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