SBC-Backed Org Urges Churches to Be Less ‘Color-blind’ and Hire More BIPOC Folk

Trillia Newbell is an author, speaker, and former director of community outreach for the SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC). She’s written for Ligionier Ministries, TGC, Desiring God, and Christianity Today. Still, we haven’t covered her much, mentioning her only briefly after she and a gaggle of lady preachers

Is James MacDonald About To Get Off Scot-Free On His Assault and Battery Charges?

Five months ago, disgraced former Harvest Church pastor James MacDonald was arrested and charged with felony battery and assault after allegedly attacking a 59-year-old woman in a road rage incident, sending her to the hospital with ‘serious injuries.’ He would later claim that she was the aggressor, not him, but also

Willie McLaurin Resigns as Interim President of SBC EC Amidst Resume Scandal

Willie McLaurin, the interim president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee (SBC EC), has voluntarily stepped down from his post. The resignation came after revelations of falsified credentials on his resume, which he had admitted to SBC EC leaders. McLaurin, who had claimed on his resume that

Disgraced Pastor Johnny Hunt and Steve Flockhart: A New Season of Grifting

(Pulpit & Pen) New Season Church in Hiram, Georgia is hosting a leadership summit for Johnny Hunt on September 14th. Along with Hunt, the featured speakers at the summit are Steve Flockhart, the pastor of New Season, and Steven Kyle, the pastor of Hiland Park Baptist Church in Panama City. This is