As outgoing Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear prepared to open his final annual meeting in that role, he determined to follow through on his plans to change the way he officially got it started.

06/15/2021 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

Marshal Ausberry, the outgoing president of the National African American Fellowship of the Southern Baptist Convention, urged Black members of the predominantly white denomination to continue their affiliation in the face of recent controversies.

06/15/2021 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee rejected a request to broaden an inquiry into its handling of sexual abuse allegations to include all the entities of the SBC.

06/14/2021 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

Connie Dixon of New Mexico was elected president of the national Woman’s Missionary Union on June 13 at the group’s annual meeting at First Baptist Church in Nashville.

06/14/2021 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

As the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting grapples with a number of serious challenges, some will be focused particularly on matters related to critical race theory.

06/14/2021 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

Responding to allegations that it has mishandled allegations of abuse in the past, the SBC Executive Committee announced it has retained a firm to “conduct an independent review of its processes.”

06/14/2021 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

Audio clips leaked by a Southern Baptist whistleblower appear to corroborate accusations Southern Baptist Convention leaders were reluctant to take action against churches accused of mishandling abuse.

06/14/2021 - By Bob Smietana & Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

The undergraduate school of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is now Texas Baptist College, President Adam W. Greenway announced June 9.

06/09/2021 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Two Southern Baptist pastors will seek an investigation into allegations that some leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention mishandled several sex abuse claims and bullied sex abuse victims.

06/08/2021 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren on June 6 announced his Southern California church will begin the official search for his successor, signaling he will retire after more than four decades in his pulpit.

06/07/2021 - By Alejandra Molina / Religion News Service

A leaked letter revealed opposition to Russell Moore’s stands on racial justice and sexual abuse in Southern Baptist Convention led to his departure from the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, and the SBC.

06/03/2021 - By Paul O'Donnell and Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary used its annual report to the Southern Baptist Convention to assert former President Paige Patterson “improperly removed” documents and other items that belong to the seminary after his firing in 2018.

06/02/2021 - By Scott Barkley and George Schroeder / Baptist Press