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Bart Barber

The Southern Baptist Convention: Who’s in charge?

John Fea   |  October 31, 2023

We covered the sexual assault amicus brief controversy here and here for those who need to get up to speed. The disarray in the Southern Baptist Convention reached new “heights” this week, prompting one Virginia pastor to ask “who’s driving […]

Bart Barber, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, admits that his approval of the Kentucky sexual abuse amicus brief was a “mistake”

John Fea   |  October 30, 2023

We covered this story yesterday. It doesn’t look for the Southern Baptist Convention, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, or SBTS president Albert Mohler. Here is Barber’s statement: Last week a reporter published a story about anĀ amicus curiaĀ brief that the […]

What happened on day 1 of the 2023 Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting?

John Fea   |  June 13, 2023

Some of the best religion reporters in the business are in New Orleans this week. Here is what they have to say about what happened on the first day of the meeting. These tweets are (roughly) in chronological order (morning […]

Southern Baptists respond to the 60 Minutes Bart Barber interview

John Fea   |  October 11, 2022

On Sunday night Anderson Cooper interviewed Southern Baptist Convention president Bart Barber. Barber talks about the denomination’s sexual abuse scandal, his belief that Joe Biden is the legitimate president, the reasons why he did not vote for Trump in 2016 […]

The president of the Southern Baptist Convention appears to reject Christian nationalism

John Fea   |  October 5, 2022

Here is Bart Barber‘s recent Twitter thread: Samuel Perry, a scholar of Christian nationalism, offers to help: