Topic - Southern Baptist Convention

The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a United States-based, Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the US with over 16 million members and more than 42,000 churches. - Source: Wikipedia

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Former Judge Paul Pressler poses for a photo in his home in Houston May 30, 2004. Pressler, a leading figure of the Southern Baptist Convention who was accused of sexual abuse and later settled a lawsuit over the allegations, has died at the age of 94. Pressler’s death, which happened on June 7, 2024, was announced in an obituary posted online by a Houston funeral home. (AP Photo /Michael Stravato, File)

Longtime Southern Baptist leader Paul Pressler, who was accused of sexual abuse, dies at 94

Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Phoenix on June 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) ** FILE **

Trump tells Christian conservatives ‘You just can’t vote Democrat’

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

The headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention is seen, Dec. 7, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

First Baptist Church of Alexandria, Virginia, faces expulsion for having a woman pastor

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

The headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention is seen, Dec. 7, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Southern Baptist Convention lost 241,000 members in 2023, remains largest U.S. Protestant group

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

The headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention is seen, Dec. 7, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Southern Baptist official says federal probe of church abuse allegations closed, no charges expected

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

The Rev. Jeff Iorg, a Southern Baptist pastor and 20-year president of Gateway Seminary in Ontario, California, has been nominated as president/CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, which administers the denomination between annual business sessions. (Baptist Press photo, used with permission.)

Southern Baptists nominate seminary leader Jeff Iorg as chief of executive committee

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

This Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, photo shows the headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, Tenn. Southern Baptists form a core part of the white evangelical Christian bloc that has reliably and overwhelmingly voted Republican in recent elections, and is expected to again in 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) **FILE**

Southern Baptists oust church for having woman pastor, two others over sexual-abuse policy

By Peter Smith - Associated Press

Southern Baptist Pastor Josh Wester, standing with members of the denomination’s Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force, tell leaders the church must launch the Abuse Response Commission to oversee further work in addressing sexual abuse reform. (Photo by Brandon Porter/Baptist Press, used with permission)

Southern Baptists asked to create independent nonprofit to combat sexual abuse, leaders told

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

This Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, photo shows the headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, Tenn. Southern Baptists form a core part of the white evangelical Christian bloc that has reliably and overwhelmingly voted Republican in recent elections, and is expected to again in 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) **FILE**

Southern Baptists report increase in baptisms, but not enough to reverse downward trend

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

A Bible is seen on a chair in the House chamber in Washington, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

The Bible gets a digital makeover for a new generation of readers

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., takes the oath to be the new House speaker from the Dean of the House Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Christian conservatives cheer one of their own as Mike Johnson assumes Congress’ most powerful seat

By Peter Smith - Associated Press

People walk through the wreckage caused by the earthquake, in the town of Amizmiz, near Marrakech, Morocco, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. An aftershock rattled Moroccans on Sunday as they mourned victims of the nation’s strongest earthquake in more than a century and sought to rescue survivors while soldiers and aid workers raced to reach ruined mountain villages. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

U.S. religious groups rush aid to quake-stricken Morocco

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

This Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, photo shows the headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, Tenn. Southern Baptists form a core part of the white evangelical Christian bloc that has reliably and overwhelmingly voted Republican in recent elections, and is expected to again in 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) **FILE**

Thousands of Black churches could face Southern Baptist Convention expulsion over women pastors

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Delegates hold up their ballots at the Southern Baptist Convention at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Less than a month after finalizing the ouster of one of its largest churches for having women pastors, the Southern Baptist Convention has lost another of its biggest congregations. Elevation Church — a North Carolina-based megachurch that draws thousands of worshippers to its multiple campuses and has wielded a strong influence on contemporary Christian worship music — sent notice to the SBC on June 26 that it was withdrawing its affiliation. (Scott Clause/The Daily Advertiser via AP, File).

N.C. megachurch exits Southern Baptist Convention after expulsions over women pastors

By Peter Smith - Associated Press

Rick Warren, founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Southern California, responds to Southern Baptists' refusal to let the megachurch back into the denomination for having women pastors during a news conference on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in New Orleans. Thousands of Southern Baptists are meeting for the final day of their annual meeting. (AP Photo/Peter Smith)

Southern Baptists back male-only pastors, reject Saddleback Church’s reinstatement appeal

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times