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Saddleback Church doubles down on support for female pastors

Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, was one of five churches expelled by the Southern Baptist Convention for having women pastors on staff

The Independent UK

'A very dangerous course': What Saddleback Church ouster means for Southern Baptists

Last week the Southern Baptist Convention ousted Saddleback Church, one of its largest and highest-profile member churches, from its ranks. The reason? Because after the Orange County megachurch ordained three women as associate pastors, it named Stacie Wood, wife of the church's senior pastor, Andy Wood, a teaching pastor.

Los Angeles Times

Christian right's radicalization worsens

Showily booting the famous Saddleback Church is the latest example of why the church can't keep young people around

Salon

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Southern Baptists expel Saddleback megachurch over female pastor

Evangelical group says church ‘not in friendly cooperation with the convention’ following appointment of Stacie Wood

The Guardian - US

Southern Baptists oust Saddleback Church over woman pastor

The Southern Baptist Convention has ousted its second-largest church — Saddleback Church — for having a woman pastor

The Independent UK

Pastors who counseled Johnny Hunt say he should return to ministry

ATLANTA — Four pastors who spent months counseling Johnny Hunt are drawing criticism from victim advocates and some Southern Baptist Convention leaders for saying the disgraced evangelical leader is restored and ready to return to ministry.

Tribune News Service

Did Christian nationalism lose midterms?

Mastriano took a beatdown, Boebert's in trouble and Trump is tarnished. But religious extremists are still with us

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New Saddleback pastor sees women clergy in church's future

Last month, Andy Wood took the reins of California-based Saddleback Church from founding pastor Rick Warren, a bestselling author and influential figure in evangelical Christianity

The Independent UK

Investor Business Services Transferred to the Saudi Business Center

The Saudi government has stopped referring investors to its unified national platform after transferring all the Kingdom’s services to the Saudi Business Center (SBC).

Asharq Al-Awsat

Amid crises, rural roots anchor Southern Baptists’ president

The new president of the Southern Baptist Convention is a staunchly conservative small-town preacher who touts biblical inerrancy, opposes women serving as pastors and supports abortion bans

The Independent UK

Amid crises, rural roots anchor Southern Baptists’ president

The new president of the Southern Baptist Convention is a staunchly conservative small-town preacher who touts biblical inerrancy, opposes women serving as pastors and supports abortion bans

The Independent UK

LGBTQ-friendly church OK with getting Southern Baptist boot

Leaders of College Park Baptist Church in Greensboro, North Carolina, thought it was odd when the Southern Baptist Convention recently sent queries about the congregation's LGBTQ-affirming ministry

The Independent UK

The DOJ is investigating Southern Baptists following sexual abuse crisis

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, which has faced widespread sexual abuse problems, said several of the denomination's major entities are under investigation by the Department of Justice.

WEKU

Southern Baptist Convention’s sex abuse scandal draws federal inquiry

ATLANTA — The Southern Baptist Convention revealed on Friday that is under investigation by federal officials over the mishandling and cover-up of sex abuse complaints that go back decades.

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Department of Justice opens probe into Southern Baptist Convention’s handling of sexual assault

SBC came under fire after a damning review in May found that several of its leaders silenced sexual assault victims

The Independent UK

Southern Baptists say denomination faces DOJ investigation

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention say that several of their denomination’s major entities are under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice

The Independent UK

Church apologies: Top leaders say sorry for historical sins

Pope Francis plans to apologize to Indigenous groups on Canadian soil for harms inflicted at church-run residential schools

The Independent UK

Senator in 2010 deposition: 13-year-olds can consent to sex

U.S. Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma testified as part of a civil case into an alleged sexual assault at the Baptist church camp he oversaw that he believed a 13-year-old can consent to sex

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The Conversation

The history of Southern Baptists shows they have not always opposed abortion

With an abortion case now before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Southern Baptist Convention of June 2022 encouraged its members to pray for the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that made abortion legal in the U.S.

The Independent UK

New SBC President commits to move sex abuse reforms forward

Bart Barber, the newly elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention, is vowing to expedite sex abuse reforms in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination

Los Angeles Times

Southern Baptist Convention in Anaheim approves resolutions designed to fight sex abuse

ANAHEIM, Calif. — More than 8,000 members of the Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to take action to stem a sexual abuse scandal that has stunned members and caused rifts within the largest Protestant denomination in America.

Al Jazeera

US Southern Baptists to keep sex abuser list after ignored claims

The pledge falls short of demands by some survivors, including compensation and stronger independent monitoring.

Salon

Southern Baptists: More MAGA than ever

America's largest Protestant denomination is dominated by the right — but still fears creeping "wokeism"

WEKU

Southern Baptists agree to keep list of accused sex abusers

The vote on sex-abuse reforms, just weeks after the release of a report on the long-simmering scandal, fell short of what some abuse survivors in Southern Baptist churches sought.

The Independent UK

Texas pastor Bart Barber elected Southern Baptist president

The Southern Baptist Convention has elected a new president — Texas pastor Bart Barber

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