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New SBC President Ed Litton Talks About CRT, Women in Leadership, and Sexual Abuse in Press Conference

Pastor Ed Litton narrowly edged out Pastor Mike Stone to become the new President of the SBC. Litton addressed the issues regarding CRT, women leadership, and sexual abuse within the SBC at his press conference.

Gavel Named for Slaveholder Replaced With One Recalling Missionary at SBC Meeting

Traditionally, Southern Baptists open the annual meeting with the banging of the Broadus gavel, named for John A. Broadus, a founding faculty member of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary who was also a slaveholder and a believer in white superiority.

NIH Director: We Asked God for Help With COVID-19, and Vaccines Are the ‘Answer to That Prayer’

'For all of us who've prayed for deliverance from COVID-19, the vaccines are an answer to that prayer,' says Francis Collins, an evangelical Christian who also serves as director of the National Institutes of Health.

Live Updates: 2021 Annual Meeting of Southern Baptist Convention

Live updates from the 2021 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Gov. Ron DeSantis: New Law Will Let Public School Students ‘Pray As They See Fit’

Florida governor Ron DeSantis has signed into law a bill requiring public school teachers in grades K-12 to observe at least one minute of silence at the beginning of the first class period of every day. 

At Founders Event, Southern Baptists Urged to Choose Bible Over ‘Paganism,’ CRT

Southern Baptists at the Founder's Event adjacent to the SBC's annual meeting concerned with liberal drift in their denomination heard warnings about “paganism” and worldly ideologies such as critical race theory.

Southern Baptist Convention Faces Push From the Right at Annual Meeting

The Southern Baptist Convention is electing a new president Tuesday amid a push to wrest control of the denomination by ultraconservatives who say some current leaders are too liberal.

US Intel Report Warns of More Violence by QAnon Followers

A new federal intelligence report warns QAnon followers, the conspiracy theory embraced by some in the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol, could target Democrats and other political opponents for more violence as the movement's false prophecies increasingly fail to come true.