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Willy Rice Withdraws His Name From Consideration for SBC President

Rice had come under fire after he revealed that his church knowingly installed a deacon who had “committed a sexual sin that could also be described as abusive.”

Texas Pastor Bart Barber Announced As Candidate for SBC President

Southern Baptist Convention Pastors’ Conference president Matt Henslee announced his intention to nominate Texas pastor Bart Barber for the office of SBC president at the upcoming SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim.

Gunned Down Seminary Dean Was Trying To Walk to Safety, Friend Says

Evangelical seminary dean Vitaliy Vinogradov was fleeing Russian occupation of Bucha, attempting to walk 10 miles to safety in Kyiv, when Russian forces killed him and left his body on a local street.

Gateway Seminary Graduate’s Journey From Prison to Pastorate

For Gateway Seminary graduate Kelvin Aikens, the journey to becoming a pastor involved running an elaborate drug operation, serving two separate multi-year prison sentences and receiving God’s overwhelming grace.

First Pope, Now US Churches Face Boarding-School Reckoning

As Native Americans cautiously welcome Pope Francis’ historic apology for abuses at Catholic-run boarding schools for Indigenous children in Canada, U.S. churches are bracing for an unprecedented reckoning with their own legacies of operating such schools.

More Than $90 Million Missing From AME Pension Funds, Claim Class-Action Lawsuits

Retired African Methodist Episcopal Church pastors have filed at least three federal class-action lawsuits alleging the church mishandled tens of millions of dollars in pension funds.

Controversial, Anti-Gay AZ Pastor and Family Victims of False Shooting Call

Tempe, Arizona’s Faithful Word Baptist Church’s pastor, Steven Anderson, is claiming he was a victim of a false shooting call known as “swatting” this past Sunday.

Chicago Church Is ‘Fasting From Whiteness’ During the Season of Lent

A Chicago church is making headlines for its decision to fast from “whiteness” during the season of Lent by not "using any music or liturgy written or composed by white people."