(The Dissenter) In recent years, there has been a growing trend in some Christian denominations toward the ordination of women as pastors and the trend has been growing in the Southern Baptist Convention as well. However, this trend is not without controversy, and the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has made
Turning Point USA, an American nonprofit organization founded by Charlie Kirk that advocates for conservative values on high school, college, and university campuses, is hosting its second annual Pastors Summit. Like the year before, atheist James A. Lindsay is headlining it. The Summit, whose goal is “equipping and empowering both pastors and their
Days ago, the Gospel Coalition’s Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics published an article about the similarities between sexual intercourse and the church’s union with Christ. The article was an adapted excerpt from Arizona Pastor Josh Butler’s new book, who also is We offer full commentary here, but two brief descriptions we took exception to
One year ago, Columnist David Brooks of the New York Times touted twelve evangeleftists as “The Dissenters Trying to Save Evangelicalism From Itself.” The individuals featured in the piece as rising stars in evangelicalism were touted for their desire to make peace with the world by pushing a number of
Three years ago, we did an expose demonstrating that 10% Of The Biggest Southern Baptist Churches Are Pastored By Women. This was around the time that SBTS president Al Mohler commented on RNS Ryan Burge article Most Southern Baptist Women Would Welcome a Woman Pastor. It’s Unlikely to Happen, where Mohler forcefully
Attendance at SBC seminaries has plummeted over the last two years, with only Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary emerging unscathed, gaining where the rest have seen steep declines. According to the 2023 SBC Ministry report, SEBTS, led by Danny Akin, has seen the most significant fall compared to the last two years, down 40%.
Six months ago, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Adam Greenway was effectively canned for being terrible at his job. Marked by a desire to reshape the seminary’s ethos in his image, at least 45 faculty left under Greenways’ watch, either retiring, resigning, or plain out being fired, such as the canning
Preston Sprinkle is the co-founder of Revoice, President of the Center for Faith, Sexuality, and Gender, and host of Theology in the Raw podcast. No stranger to perverse and novel theology, he’s known for championing “gay-Christian” or a “trans Christian” identities, declaring that these designations ought to be celebrated and
Jackie Hill Perry has a long history of some saying some Very Bad Things. When you look at her inflammatory track record over the last few years, from reveling in her love of an R-rated, filthy TV show, saying that all white people are racists, that white people only care about black folk
Two years ago, Rev. Megan Rohrer (they/them) was over the moon. She just made history after being appointed to California’s Sierra Pacific Synod by the spiritually decrepit Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), who elected her to rule over them as Bishop continued, making her the first transgendered Bishop to
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