Seminary presidents who pronounced critical race theory incompatible with the 2000 Baptist Faith & Message left Christians who are working toward racial harmony vulnerable to charges of unfaithfulness, a group of students and seminary alumni have asserted.

01/25/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

A megachurch led by the president of the Southern Baptist Convention will review allegations that a staff pastor mishandled a sexual abuse case at his previous church.

01/25/2021 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

Northwest Baptist Convention Executive Director/Treasurer Randy Adams announced Jan. 20 he will be nominated in June for president of the Southern Baptist Convention.

01/20/2021 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press

Former Southern Baptist Convention President Fred Luter announced Jan. 19 his intention to nominate longtime friend and Mobile, Ala.-area pastor Ed Litton for SBC president at the upcoming annual meeting in June.

01/20/2021 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press

In response to the economic downturn that accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic, the executive board of national Woman’s Missionary Union agreed to explore the sale of the WMU building and/or property.

01/15/2021 - By Julie Walters / Woman's Missionary Union

Mike Stone, immediate past chairman of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee and a member of the steering committee for the recently formed Conservative Baptist Network, will be nominated for SBC president.

01/14/2021 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press

Southern Baptist Convention leaders acknowledged their Jan. 6 discussion with Black Southern Baptists “should have happened ahead of time” rather than after seminary presidents issued a statement denouncing critical race theory.

01/11/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Southern Baptist ethicist Russell Moore asked President Trump to resign to bring about healing in the United States.

01/11/2021 - By Tom Strode / Baptist Press

Security cameras at First Baptist Church in Nashville captured the moment a bomb exploded four blocks away on Christmas morning. The church’s proximity to the blast afforded a unique outreach opportunity.

01/05/2021 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

Longtime pastor and Southern Baptist Convention leader Fred Wolfe died Jan. 3 due to complications caused by COVID-19. He was 83.

01/05/2021 - By Baptist Press Staff

LifeWay Christian Resources has finalized the sale of Ridgecrest Conference Center and Summer Camps to the Ridgecrest Foundation, a group dedicated to using the property as a Christian camp and conference center.

01/04/2021 - By Baptist Press Staff

Rejection of critical race theory does not mean denial of systemic racism, and those who make that assumption are “bearing false witness,” the president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary wrote.

12/22/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor