RICO lawsuit against SBC Executive Committee dismissed
A civil lawsuit filed last year against the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee alleging that the church body mishandled abuse allegations has been dismissed.
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Skip to main contentA civil lawsuit filed last year against the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee alleging that the church body mishandled abuse allegations has been dismissed.
Southern Baptists, while generally conservative in their political ideology, maintain a firm commitment to religious liberty for all Americans and support a government that does not favor any specific religion, according to a Lifeway Research study.
The Southern Baptist Convention, the United States' largest Protestant denomination, lost more than 1,200 member churches in 2022, according to a recent data analysis from LifeWay Research. Of the 50,423 active congregations of the SBC in 2021, 2% were shuttered, while 0.5% either left or were disaffiliated from the Convention by the time data for 2022 was compiled.
Former Vice President Mike Pence will be the special guest at a luncheon in June at the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States.
A Chinese woman who was in the U.S. illegally and attempted to burn down a church in Alabama has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison.
Former Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Adam Greenway has filed a lawsuit against the academic institution he once led, demanding financial compensation.
The United States Department of Justice has completed its investigation into alleged abuse within the Southern Baptist Convention and has decided not to file any charges against the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.