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,
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,
A former West Virginia youth pastor who has been charged with nearly 200 sex crimes, including sexual abuse and incest with multiple relatives, has pledged his innocence and vowed to fight the charges in court. John W. Radcliff II, 57, is the former pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Bolair,
A month after pleading guilty to one charge of making false statements to the FBI, former professor and interim provost at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS), Matthew Queen, has resigned from the pastorate of Friendly Avenue Baptist Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. Earlier this year, the Department of Justice indicted
If you’re reporting on (or learning about) Johnny Hunt’s lawsuit against the SBC Executive Board, you need to do your research and understand this corruption goes back much further than you might think. It might seem offensive that megachurch millionaire ex-pastor Johnny Hunt went through a secret ‘restoration’ process that
Pastor Steve Gaines of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, has announced that he’s stepping down from the senior pastor position at his SBC megachurch and will begin the transition to new leadership, nearly a year after being diagnosed with kidney cancer. Gaines, a former Southern Baptist Convention President we
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