Category: SBC

Former SBC President Steve Gaines Dies After Cancer Battle

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 Cooperative Program After McRaney: Give Money, Surrender Rights

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

Book Review: Everyday Revolutionary by J.D. Greear

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

JD Greear’s Neo-Clericalism and the Retreat from Public Faithfulness

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

BREAKING: Brent Leatherwood Finally Out at the ERLC

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

Former Lifeway VP Jennifer Lyell Has Passed Away

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,

SBC Pastor Arrested, Charged With Stealing Hurricane Relief Funds From Church

A pastor has been charged with stealing thousands of dollars in funds and property from his (now former) church that was intended to go to victims of Hurricane Helene but instead reportedly went into his pockets. Jeffrey Brian Merrow, 60, of Marion, is charged with felony embezzlement and felony larceny,

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