Southern Baptist Convention

Oklahoma constituents and people across the country are congratulating Southern Baptist pastor Dusty Deevers on being elected to the Oklahoma State Senate.

SBC president Bart Barber is under fire for his financial support of Republican Oklahoma State Senate candidate Jean Hausheer, who was running against SBC pastor Dusty Deevers. 

The fall meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee began with prayer, some hard news and calls for unity after years of turmoil and change.

In June, the board of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary announced that leaders had run up a $140 million deficit over 20 years, a pattern of mismanagement that has left the school’s future in jeopardy.

Pastor J.D. Greear, a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, has outlined his concerns with the constitutional amendment proposed by Mike Law that would stipulate only men may hold the title of “any kind” of pastor in a Southern Baptist church.

After the Southern Baptist Convention disfellowshipped Fern Creek Baptist Church for having a female pastor, Rev. Linda Barnes Popham has been doubling down on her disagreement with the denomination’s interpretation of Scripture.

The 2023 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), which took place in New Orleans on June 13-14, has come to a close—but the decisions made during the meeting will have an ongoing impact. Among the most significant events from the week were those pertaining to women in church leadership. 

Saddleback Church’s founder and former senior pastor Rick Warren held a non-SBC-affiliated press conference shortly after the tallies were announced.