Officers of the board of trustees of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission strongly objected to the formation of a task force to study the ERLC’s effectiveness and instructed the entity and its leadership “not to comply” with the inquiry.

02/24/2020 - By George Schroeder / Baptist Press

The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee will launch a task force to examine the activities of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, the convention’s public policy organization headed by Russell Moore.

02/19/2020 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee voted to “disfellowship” a Midland church whose pastor is a registered sex offender.

02/19/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

A self-described group of “grassroots” Southern Baptists announced the formation of the Conservative Baptist Network Feb. 14.

02/17/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

The Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board selected Somer Nowak to fill the newly created position of prevention and response administrator.

02/12/2020 - By Ann Lovell / International Mission Board

Kevin Ezell, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board, presented a series of five-year goals for the missions agency, including more than doubling the number of Send Relief ministry centers.

02/12/2020 - By Mike Ebert / North American Mission Board

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Feb. 6 over a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit against the North American Mission Board by a former executive of the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware.

02/11/2020 - By George Schroeder / Baptist Press

Southern Baptists who recall a historic revival that swept through Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary 50 years ago say remembering what God did in the midst of one divisive period of American history should motivate believers to pray for it again.

02/05/2020 - By Tobin Perry / Baptist Press

GuideStone has released the 2020 Ministers’ Tax Guide for 2019 Returns. It includes changes based on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and the current status of minister’s housing allowance after the recent 2019 litigation.

02/03/2020 - By Holly Taylor / Baptist Press

National Woman’s Missionary Union leaders emphasized the organization’s global reach during reports to the WMU board meeting in mid-January.

02/03/2020 - By Julie Walters / Woman's Missionary Union

Paul Chitwood, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board, announced the mission agency’s five-year plan during meetings with trustees Jan. 29-30 in Riverside, Calif.

02/03/2020 - By Ann Lovell / International Mission Board

Dusty Durbin, pastor of Big Level Baptist Church in Wiggins, Miss., will be nominated for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention.

01/27/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press