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  Arlington pastor to chair cooperation group

  Southern Baptist Convention President Bart Barber announced a North Carolina pastor will chair the abuse reform implementation task force and an Arlington pastor will chair the cooperation group formed in response to a motion at the 2023 SBC annual meeting.

  08/14/2023 - By Brandon Porter / Baptist Press

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  Merritt says motion about seeking clarity, not judging

  Merritt called for “clarity” and “consistency” in his motion to form a task force to examine what it means for a church to be deemed in “friendly cooperation” with the SBC.

  08/11/2023 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press

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  Progressive National Baptists partner for social justice

  Leaders of the Progressive National Baptist Convention announced plans to work on enhancing voting rights and criminal justice reform through partnerships with like-minded organizations.

  08/11/2023 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Former seminary trustee renews call for forensic audit

  Aaron Sligar, a former trustee of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, says the seminary’s financial crisis puts the SBC’s relationships with individual churches at risk.

  08/07/2023 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Baptist convention’s former president under investigation

  Bob Stine, former president of the Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Convention, will be required to answer questions in court after police in Madison, Wisc., recommended he be charged with sexual assault.

  08/02/2023 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Sympathy expressed after death of Shane Pruitt’s son

  Messages of condolences and prayer support came forward for Shane Pruitt and his family following the July 25 death of his son.

  08/01/2023 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press

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  Executive Committee search team talks with McLaurin

  The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee search team said they have resumed conversations with Interim President and CEO Willie McLaurin about his candidacy for the permanent position.

  07/19/2023 - By Brandon Porter / Baptist Press

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  SBC action could disproportionately impact Black churches

  A move to exclude churches with women pastors on staff from the SBC could disenfranchise Black Southern Baptist churches, the president of the National African American Fellowship stated.

  07/10/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  DBU and HPU approved as BWA member partners

  Two universities affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas became the first educational institutions accepted as member partners of the Baptist World Alliance.

  07/05/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  BWA adopts resolution on justice for indigenous people

  The Baptist World Alliance General Council adopted a resolution condemning the historic and ongoing mistreatment of indigenous people around the world.

  07/05/2023 - By Ken Camp and Eric Black / Baptist Standard

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  BWA launches Global Baptist Mission Network

  The Baptist World Alliance launched the Global Baptist Mission Network—a collaborative venture involving 23 inaugural member agencies—at its annual meeting in Stavanger, Norway.

  07/05/2023 - By Ken Camp and Eric Black / Baptist Standard

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  Baptists called ‘to every neighborhood and every nation’

  Baptists are “a missionary people” sent by God “to every neighborhood and every nation,” Baptist World Alliance General Secretary Elijah Brown said,

  07/03/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor