SBC President Ed Litton has named a seven-member task force to oversee a third-party review into the handling of sexual abuse claims by the SBC Executive Committee (EC). The task force was required by messengers at the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, after it was reported that the EC had hired a firm on […]
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What would Jesus resolve?
There was a moment in the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville that caught the attention of messengers in the hall and watchers online, not because of its verbal content, but for its optics, as they say. The presiding officer recognized microphone number three. A voice began his introduction, a pastor from Florida. When his image […]
SBC calls out Uyghur genocide
Resolution 8, approved by messengers at the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention, identified China’s treatment of the mostly Muslim Uyghur people as genocide. That marks the first time an American denomination used the term to label persecution of the people group, according to Christianity Today. The resolution, written by a doctoral student at Southern Baptist Theological […]
SBC resolution on abortion creates strategy debate among pro-life Baptists
A resolution calling for the abolition of abortion that was passed by messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting and is receiving criticism from other Southern Baptists. The SBC Resolutions Committee declined to bring the resolution “On Abolishing Abortion” condemning abortion in any form for a vote, citing another resolution already being offered in […]
Reporter’s Notebook: Litton strikes pastoral tone early in his presidency
At a microphone in Nashville, Southern Baptists got a first look at Ed Litton’s leadership style. It was during the report of Southern Seminary’s Al Mohler that Litton’s voice unexpectedly filled the room during a Q&A. But Litton didn’t have a question. Rather, he rose to express his respect for Mohler, one of the candidates […]
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