A temporary injunction hearing in a lawsuit filed by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Baylor University against a charitable foundation is scheduled for Dec. 2 after a judge granted the plaintiffs’ motion for expedited discovery.

10/21/2020 - By George Schroeder / Baptist Press

LifeWay Christian Resources has reached an agreement to sell Ridgecrest Conference Center and Summer Camps to the Ridgecrest Foundation.

10/16/2020 - By Carol Pipes / LifeWay Christian Resources

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees unanimously voted not to remove the names of slaveholding founders from campus buildings, but they vacated an endowed chair named after a controversial benefactor and approved funds for scholarships for Black students.

10/14/2020 - By Baptist Press Staff

Trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board passed a $99.8 million operating budget for 2021—down about 20 percent from the previous year—at their Oct. 5-6 meeting.

10/08/2020 - By Mike Ebert / North American Mission Board

LifeWay Christian Resources and Thom Rainer have agreed to settlement terms in a breach of contract lawsuit between the SBC entity and its former CEO.

10/07/2020 - By David Roach / Baptist Press

After seeming to reverse course on a lawsuit against former president and CEO Thom Rainer, LifeWay Christian Resources said it will not officially withdraw its legal action against the SBC entity’s retired chief executive.

10/03/2020 - By David Roach / Baptist Press

LifeWay Christian Resources has decided not to proceed with a breach of contract lawsuit against the SBC entity’s former president Thom Rainer, but will instead seek to resolve the dispute without litigation.

10/01/2020 - By David Roach / Baptist Press

LifeWay Christian Resources has sued its former president and CEO, accusing him of violating a noncompete clause in his contract.  

09/30/2020 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

President O.S. Hawkins asked trustees of GuideStone Financial Resources to appoint a search committee to begin considering a new president for the organization.

09/29/2020 - By Roy Hayhurst / GuideStone Financial Resources

Pastor Lorenzo Ortiz sees selling pizza as an opportunity to build bridges with the community in Nuevo Laredo, while also providing income for refugees who live in shelters.

09/25/2020 - By Elket Rodriguez

In his first meeting as chair of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, Pastor Rolland Slade called on other committee members to be responsible “to shepherd and to protect” survivors of church sex abuse.

09/23/2020 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

Decreased giving during the COVID-19 pandemic led the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee to adopt a Cooperative Program allocation budget that is 5 percent less than the committee projected last February.

09/23/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press