A Southern Baptist leader on Thursday urged parents to watch the presidential debate with their children, calling the event “a great civics lesson” and an opportunity for families to get together and think about the issues that President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump would discuss. “Talk about who is on the stage, talk […]
A very brief, simple ceremony recently marked the dedication Meadville First Baptist Church’s historic Revere Bell. “It’s been a long journey,” Paul Oppenlander, a trustee of the church and project manager for the restoration, said before the restored bell’s unveiling on Flag Day. The 1830s bell, cast at the Paul Revere Foundry in Boston, arrived […]
Paul Pressler, an influential former Texas judge who spearheaded a movement to shift the Southern Baptist Convention in a conservative direction, has died at the age of 94. In 2017, a civil lawsuit accused Pressler of sexually abusing boys and men, including one of his Bible study students, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. […]
HOUSTON (AP) — Paul Pressler, a leading figure of the Southern Baptist Convention who was accused of sexually abusing boys and young men and later settled a lawsuit over the allegations, has died. He was 94. Pressler’s death, which happened on June 7, was announced in an obituary posted online by Geo. H. Lewis and […]
Paul Pressler, the monumental Southern Baptist leader and Republican activist at the center of a massive sex abuse scandal, died on June 7. He was 94. It’s unclear what Pressler’s cause of death was, but a funeral service was held for him Saturday in Houston. Pressler was one of the most influential, if lesser-known, evangelical […]
The postponed launch of a Southern Baptist Convention sexual predator database has been met with skepticism from some abuse survivors and others who saw it as the key piece in a series of reforms promised three years ago. “Once again, the Southern Baptist Convention has kicked the can down the road,” said Christa Brown, a […]
The Rev. Clint Pressley woke up Thursday morning praying for the Southern Baptist Convention, he told his 9,000 followers on social media site X, the former Twitter. “Pray I don’t embarrass us,” the Charlotte pastor quipped. The morning before, Pressley was elected president of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination during its annual meeting in Indianapolis. […]
It’s really quite simple – God doesn’t discriminate between men and women when He calls them to be pastors. Baptists shouldn’t either. This past week, there has been a lot of confusion about this Southern Baptist Convention amendment deal – although it narrowly failed, the SBC still believes only men can be pastors and is […]
A senior pastor from a popular church in Charlotte will be the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention. SBC voters in Indianapolis picked Clint Pressley to be the next president of their convention in a runoff race on Wednesday. He won 56% of the final vote. Pressley is a senior pastor of Hickory Grove […]
Land that was once home to a Catholic university is being returned to Benedictine monks who live on adjacent property. The Oklahoma City-based retailer Hobby Lobby and the Green family bought the 73-acre property that housed St. Gregory’s University in Shawnee for $8 million in 2018 after the university declared bankruptcy. In 2019, Hobby Lobby […]
By a margin of 44 votes, Kathy Litton broke a 53-year stretch of men holding a key Southern Baptist Convention position. “To me it said we’re welcoming women to be leaders in the denomination,” said Litton, reflecting on her election to registration secretary at the 2019 SBC annual meeting. “There certainly was tremendous symbolism in […]
Jun. 4—HARTSFIELD — Sinner Friend Baptist Church will celebrate its 120th anniversary Sunday. The Rev. Even Lewis will teach Sunday School at 9 a.m. The Rev. Lonnie Robinson Jr. of Pelham will bring the message at the 10 a.m. service. The theme will be “Don’t Give Up! God will Strengthen You!” based on Isaiah 41:10. […]