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Church Led by SBC Candidate Clint Pressley Reports Volunteer to Police for Alleged Abuse

A volunteer at Hickory Grove Baptist Church, an SBC megachurch in Charlotte, North Carolina, pastored by Clint Pressley, was arrested last month after church leaders learned he had been accused of sexual abuse by a student at the church’s Christian school.

Sean Feucht Files Lawsuit Against Spokane, Claims City Violated Establishment Clause

Worship leader and conservative activist Sean Feucht has filed a lawsuit against the city of Spokane, Washington, claiming the city council violated his religious freedom when it passed a resolution last year condemning an event he headlined and referring to him as an “anti-LGBTQ extremist.”

Boston Celtics Head Coach and Outspoken Christian Joe Mazzulla Stuns Reporters During NBA Finals

Boston Celtics head coach and outspoken Christian Joe Mazzulla stunned reporters during a press conference prior to Game 2 of the NBA Finals.

‘Dread, No Hope’—Sexual Abuse Survivor Tiffany Thigpen Describes Heading Into SBC 2024 Annual Meeting

Tiffany Thigpen, a sexual abuse survivor and advocate, says she has lost hope in the Southern Baptist Convention's (SBC) leadership. 

Nearly 300 ACNA Clergy and a Texas Diocese Call for Male-Only Priesthood

At an Anglican theological conference in January, UK priest and political commentator The Rev. Calvin Robinson stirred up a long-simmering controversy when he called women’s ordination a “slippery slope” akin to a “Trojan horse” and to “cancer.”

As Ivory Coast Methodists Depart UMC over LGBTQ+ Issues, Africa’s Other Methodists Take Stock

After the United Methodist Church voted this spring to allow its clergy to marry same-sex couples and lifted its ban on ordination of LGBTQ+ clergy, Methodists around the world watched how the denomination’s African members would respond.

‘Hug Your Kids and Talk to Them About Jesus’—Pastor Jesse Morgan Encourages Parents in the Midst of Lucy’s Death

Jesse Morgan, the worship and discipleship pastor from Green Pond Bible Chapel in Rockaway, New Jersey, who has been sharing about heartbreaking loss of his 6-year-old daughter Lucy, has posted details about the morning she passed.

New Center for Baptist Leadership Aims To ‘Revitalize’ the SBC

Led by William Wolfe, the Center for Baptist Leadership (CBL) was formed earlier this year with the mission to "revitalize" the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC).