South Carolina church secretary accused of stealing $404K from congregation
A financial secretary and wife of a Southern Baptist pastor has been accused of stealing $404,000 from a South Carolina church.
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Heat, humidity and mosquitoes dogged all TXM volunteers working in Brazoria County, Texas, as they cut up fallen trees, provided temporary roofs, did laundry and went doorto-door responding to requests for help after Hurricane Beryl.
SBC passes IVF resolution urging Christian couples to consider adopting frozen embryos
The Southern Baptist Convention has passed a resolution on the topic of in vitro fertilization, expressing concern about the procedure while also encouraging the adoption of frozen embryos.
SBC amendment to permanently ban women pastors falls short
A proposed amendment to the Southern Baptist Convention's constitution, known as the Law Amendment, that would have permanently banned women from serving as pastors "as qualified by Scripture," fell 5 percentage points short of the required two-thirds support from messengers on Wednesday.
NC Pastor Clint Pressley elected SBC president
Clint Pressley, pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, has been elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, beating out five other candidates in an atypically crowded field.
SBC President Bart Barber warns against 'toxic' churches that 'empower critics'
Southern Baptist Convention President Bart Barber warned the United States’ largest Protestant denomination against “toxic” churches that “empower critics” rather than buildup struggling believers.
Proposed SBC resolutions touch on Christian political engagement, Israel, parental rights
In advance of the Southern Baptist Convention's June 11-12 Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, SBC's Resolutions Committee has released a list of 10 resolutions that messengers will consider in their preliminary form. Topics include IVF, Israel and parental rights. One resolution indirectly touches on the hot-button issue of Christian nationalism.
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