The United States Department of Justice has formally initiated an investigation into the Southern Baptist Convention’s handling of clergy sexual abuse, with the government likely setting the stage for a prolonged and expansive probe into the inner workings of the denomination. The general counsel for the Executive Committee has confirmed
“Women pastors and women preachers are the most obvious rebellion against the word of God.” John MacArthur Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary president Adam Greenway caused a stir on social media after posting Lifeway’s Study Guide on the definition of a pastor, suggesting that while the Baptist Faith and Message 2000
The team at Apologia Studios have put together an exposé detailing the hypocrisy of the Southern Baptist Convention and their leaders surrounding the events of May 12, 2022, when Louisiana lawmakers advanced a historic bill that would not only criminalize abortion but classify it as a homicide, the Pro-Life Machine
As the Southern Baptist Convention downgrade proceeds at a roaring pace, institutionalist SBC elites continue to play defense, in response to allegations that certain prominently featured sex abuse accounts in the commissioned guidepost sex abuse report were never properly corroborated. Protestia previously reported on the story of Jennifer Lyell, who allegedly
What in the world did we just see? Major systemic problems with the Southern Baptist Convention are going to force faithful churches to check their fortitude. David does a post-mortem and shares all the good, bad, and ugly of the convention, and trust us, there was a LOT of ugly.
No liberal drift? In a convention bulletin released this morning, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Credentials Committee revealed that they’re not going to remove Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church from their roles after he famously and unapologetically started to ordain women pastors. The Credentials Committee suggests that the title and function
Following a 2019 Kansas Supreme Court Decision that derived a constitutional right to abortion out of thin air, pro-life incrementalists in Kansas proposed a constitutional “Value Them Both” amendment, that would clarify that there is no constitutional right to an abortion, while also proposing a constitutional right to continually regulate
The SBC and Guidepost solutions recently released a list of individuals who have been accused of sexual abuse. Reporting on abuse in the SBC has been sensationalized, and many media outlets have glossed over the details of the investigation, resulting in a mischaracterization of the facts that surround the story. Here
Last week, Pastor Emeritus of FBC Woodstock and former President of the Southern Baptist Convention Johnny Hunt was named in the Guidepost Solution Report as someone who engaged in sexual abuse and essentially rape against a pastor’s wife in 2010, citing testimony from multiple pastors, including Hunt’s own staff counseling pastor. You
Described as “a resource to survivors and entities in responding properly while we work to put more permanent procedures in place” the SBC has introduced a new hotline in order to report allegations of abuse within the church, in light of a bombshell report detailing far-flung sexual abuse within the
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