Every year, Southern Baptists arrive at the annual meeting to vote on a series of resolutions that, while not binding on local churches, often reveal the priorities, theological trajectory, and public witness of the Convention. This year’s slate contains a mixture of routine appreciation resolutions, important doctrinal clarifications, cultural engagement
The church growth and elder-rule movements came from different directions, but both helped redefine pastors less as preachers of the Word and more as institutional leaders. Once authority was rooted primarily in governance, women preaching could be tolerated so long as men retained organizational control.
Steve Gaines, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention and longtime pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, has died following a battle with cancer. He was 68. Gaines had been placed in hospice care earlier this month as his condition worsened after being diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2023.
The Supreme Court declined to hear McRaney v. North American Mission Board, leaving the Fifth Circuit’s ruling intact. The result – despite the claims by the North American Mission Board (NAMB) – may signal the death of the Southern Baptist Convention’s primary funding mechanism – the Cooperative Program – with
For nearly a decade, many Southern Baptists have seen McRaney v. NAMB as a narrow legal dispute between one former state convention executive and a national SBC entity. It is not.
Protestia has been covering J.D. Greear for almost a decade. Long before The Gospel Coalition began regularly publishing his essays and platforming his brand of “above-the-fray” Christianity, we were documenting the pattern that now defines his ministry. Back when this site operated under the Pulpit & Pen banner, Greear’s knack
Pastor Rhett Burns has had enough. In a sharply written essay for the Center for Baptist Leadership, Burns calls for SBC Executive Committee president Jeff Iorg to resign, declaring that “the re-Iorganization of the SBC has failed.” Drawing from a vivid car-wreck analogy—warning lights ignored until the engine seizes—Burns argues
When JD Greear tells pastors to “stay above the fray,” he’s not calling them to holiness. He’s calling them to silence. In his essay, Faithfulness amid the Culture War, published at the hive of scum and villainy known as The Gospel Coalition, Greear argues that pastors occupy a different plane
Finally. For real this time. In a long-overdue move that reflects the growing frustration of grassroots Southern Baptists, Brent Leatherwood has finally stepped down as president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) of the Southern Baptist Convention, announcing: The Board of Trustees of the Ethics & Religious Liberty
Jennifer Lyell, the former Lifeway Christian Resources VP whose relationship with former professor David Sills acted as the catalyst for the Southern Baptist Convention’s sex abuse controversy, passed away on Saturday after suffering a series of strokes. She was 47. Her death was met by an outpouring of grief online,
Insurgency News Blast – Thursday June 4th 2026
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