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Jimmy Carter, beloved Sunday school teacher, former president, dies at 100
After Hurricane Helene, faith groups ramp up disaster relief
The SBC will sell its Nashville headquarters to defray abuse-related legal costs
Former SBC seminary president ends defamation suit without financial settlement
Southern Baptists don’t get votes to add ‘only men’ pastors language to constitution
SBC leader Willie McLaurin resigns after admitting he falsified resume
Many Black SBC churches have women pastors on staff. Will they be expelled next?
Ouster of Saddleback and Fern Creek from SBC over women pastors is affirmed
Southern Baptists lost nearly half a million members in 2022
Southern Baptists change direction on sexual abuse after years of delay
by Bob Smietana
How the Southern Baptist report almost didn’t happen
The old “distraction” slur against advocates for justice
This line of attack goes back to the White Christian opponents of the 19th-century abolition movement.
by Mark Glanville
SBC president Ed Litton won't seek second term
Willie McLaurin named interim leader of SBC's executive committee
by Adelle M. Banks
Top Southern Baptist official resigns, cites sexual abuse review
by Holly Meyer
Southern Baptist panel to open legal records for abuse probe
by Peter Smith
Lawsuit alleges SBC ‘conspiracy’ to cover up abuse claims
by Mark Wingfield
Critical race theory is a gift to Christians
The good news about collective and institutional sin is that, like individual sin, it can be redeemed.
by Adelle M. Banks, Bob Smietana, Dawn Araujo-Hawkins
Russell Moore leaves Southern Baptist ERLC to join Christianity Today