Southern Baptists Archives

Southern Baptists ready to put spotlight on sex-abuse crisis

Oct 1, 2019

Entangled in a multifaceted sex-abuse crisis, the Southern Baptist Convention is preparing to host a high-profile conference on the topic that has kindled skepticism even among some of the scheduled speakers.

By David Crary

Southern Baptist Convention wrestling with sex abuse crisis of its own

Jun 15, 2019

As the U.S. Catholic bishops met in Baltimore to discuss new mechanisms to hold themselves accountable on sex abuse, the Southern Baptist Convention was wrestling with the same vexing issue at its annual meeting June 11-12 in Birmingham, Alabama.

By Brian Fraga

Southern Baptists meet; sex abuse crisis tops agenda

Jun 11, 2019

The Southern Baptist Convention opened a national meeting Tuesday that was expected to be dominated by discussion of a large-scale sex-abuse crisis.

By Jay Reeves and David Crary

Evangelicals confront sex abuse problems in #MeToo era

Aug 17, 2018

As the Catholic Church struggles with a new wave of clergy abuse cases, several prominent evangelical institutions have been rocked in recent weeks by their own sexual misconduct allegations against pastors and church leaders who exploited the trust they had gained from faithful churchgoers.

By David Crary

Catholic wisdom isn’t about a date on a baptismal certificate

Aug 19, 2017

David Mills recently suggested that converts to Catholicism should “stop talking so much.” Does he really mean that to apply to figures such as Augustine, Newman, Whittaker Chambers, Malcolm Muggeridge, Walker Percy and Elizabeth Fox-Genvese? The bottom line is that Catholic wisdom doesn’t correlate with the date on one’s baptismal certificate.

By Deal Hudson

In dramatic turnabout, Southern Baptists condemn white supremacy

Jun 18, 2017

After influencing Southern Baptists to speak out on race-related matters two years in a row, Rev. Dwight McKissic said work on the issue is far from over. He welcomes the selection of Florida pastor H.B. Charles as the first black president of the SBC’s Pastors’ Conference earlier this week, and the continuing election of people of color to other one-year terms of leadership.

By Adelle M. Banks