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In the aftermath of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, pastors and faith leaders are lamenting the loss of life. Some are calling for action and change, saying “thoughts and prayers” alone won’t prevent future gun-related tragedies.

Josh Duggar was sentenced to over 12 years in prison on Wednesday, May 25. The Sun reports Duggar had no reaction when the sentence was announced.

Georgia pastor and former SBC Executive Committee chairman Mike Stone has been accused of helping cover up the misconduct of another Georgia pastor. Stone denies the allegations. 

It is as complex a legal case as the Vatican court system has ever prosecuted, with 10 lay and religious individuals on trial, including, for the first time in history, a cardinal of the church.

The existence of the Southern Baptist report on its abuse crisis is a triumph of congregational polity, aided by the minutiae of church bylaws and the fierce determination of survivors and advocates to say enough was enough. And yet, the abuse investigation almost never happened.

As Buffalo mourns the murder of 10 African Americans in a racially motivated supermarket massacre, Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee Interim President and CEO Willie McLaurin is conducting a ministry of presence.

“This is a new day in the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention,” said committee chairman, Rolland Slade in a video meeting Tuesday. “And our commitment is to be different.”

Bishop Mildred Hines, the 98th bishop of the AME Zion Church, died on Monday (May 23), the bishops’ statement said. She was the sole female bishop of the historically Black denomination that dates to 1796.