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ERLC’s Brent Leatherwood Criticized for Calling Biden’s Withdrawal From Election ‘A Selfless Act’
Brent Leatherwood, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), drew criticism for praising President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 presidential election. Leatherwood called it “a selfless act.”
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The Village Church Releases Statement Regarding 2007 Hiring of Matt Chandler’s Dad, Who Previously Confessed to Child Sex Abuse
Former members of the The Village Church Denton spoke with “The Bodies Behind The Bus” podcast to discuss how Matt Chandler's father, Steve Chandler, who previously confessed to child sex abuse, was hired as a custodian at TVCD in 2007.
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Andy Stanley Criticizes the SBC for Removing Rick Warren, Saddleback Church
In a sermon on Sunday (June 30), Pastor Andy Stanley of North Point Community Church criticized the Southern Baptist Convention's (SBC) removal of Rick Warren's Saddleback Church from the denomination for ordaining women as pastors.
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Mike Law Urges Churches Not To Leave SBC Following Failure To Pass Amendment Barring Women Pastors
Pastor Mike Law of Arlington Baptist Church in Arlington, Virginia, urged Southern Baptists not to leave the nation’s largest protestant denomination after his amendment to the SBC's constitution failed to be ratified at the annual meeting on Wednesday (June 12).
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Motions To Abolish the ERLC and To Censure Al Mohler, Ben Mandrell, and Bart Barber Fail at Annual Meeting
Motions to abolish the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) and to censure Albert Mohler, Ben Mandrell, and Bart Barber overwhelming failed during the morning session of Wednesday’s annual meeting.
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‘Life Is Too Short To Resist God’—SBC Commissions Over 80 Missionaries at Annual Meeting
At the start of the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) 2024 annual meeting in Indianapolis, more than 10,000 delegates, called messengers, celebrated the sending of over 80 global missionaries with one mission in mind: Share the gospel.
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‘You Just Can’t Vote Democrat,’ Donald Trump Tells SBC Pastors at Offsite Event During Annual Meeting
Former president and 2024 presidential nominee Donald Trump addressed pastors and church leaders at the Life & Liberty Forum presented by the newly formed The Danbury Institute at the SBC's annual meeting on Monday.
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‘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.