Here is Jeremy Gray at Alabama.Com: The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Kentucky State Supreme Court arguing an expanded child abuse law should not allow claims to be brought against “non-perpetrators” such as religious organizations, the Louisville […]
Rick Warren
Did the Rick Warren-Saddleback controversy at the SBC Annual Meeting detract attention from abuse reform?
Here is Kate Shellnut at Christianity Today: The issue that once dominated Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) annual meetings—sexual abuse in churches—almost receded into the background at this year’s gathering, which was overrun by debates around women serving as pastors. Only […]
“This is going to be an inquisition now”: Rick Warren responds to the SBC vote to keep Saddleback Church out of the denomination
Get up to speed here. Watch: Warren also got into politics. Here are some snippets: “We lost. I wasn’t expecting to win…We actually had about 700 more votes than I figured we’d get….” “The SBC is a democracy and in […]
What happened on day 1 of the 2023 Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting?
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 […]
Rick Warren vs. Al Mohler on the floor of the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in New Orleans (video)
Get up to speed here Here’s how it all went down: As far as I can tell, a decision has yet to be made on whether Saddleback will return to the Southern Baptist Convention. (6:32pm). In other Southern Baptist Convention […]
Southern Baptists give Saddleback the boot. What are people saying?
Here is the Associated Press: The Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday ousted its second-largest congregation — Saddleback Church, the renowned California megachurch founded by pastor and best-selling author Rick Warren — for having a woman pastor. The vote by the convention’s Executive Committee […]
Eric Metaxas believes Rick Warren, Tim Keller, and Andy Stanley are “Hitler’s favorite kind of pastors”
Eric Metaxas is hawking a book that condemns evangelicals for failing to stand-up to Joe Biden and the Democratic Party. He compares Biden and the Democrats to Adolph Hitler and the Nazis in the 1930s and is using his widely […]
Day 1 of the 3-ring circus is over. The Southern Baptists elect a new president.
Anyone following the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting this week in Anaheim is witnessing a denomination in shambles. The Convention has a serious sexual abuse problem to deal with and not everyone agrees that there is a problem or how […]
Rick Warren names his successor(s)
The evangelical megachurch pastor and author has just named his successor. Here is Bob Smietana at Religion News Service: After more than four decades, the pastor of one of the nation’s largest and most influential churches is ready to step […]
Rick Warren’s library
Rick Warren, the pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California and the author of The Purpose Driven Life, has quite the library. He made so much money on his books that he now claims he gives away 90% of […]
Megachurch pastor Rick Warren is retiring.
The search for Warren’s successor at Saddleback Church has begun. Here is Jonathan Howe from Baptist Press: Pastor and best-selling author Rick Warren announced Sunday, June 6, that he is stepping down from leading Saddleback Church, the Southern California megachurch […]
Let it rain: Beth Allison Barr on Al Mohler, women’s ordination, and the Southern Baptist Convention
Beth Allison Barr, the author of The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth, has a message for Southern Baptist Theological Seminary president Albert Mohler and the rest of the Southern Baptist leadership going crazy […]
Rick Warren’s church ordains three women. Albert Mohler and the rest of the Southern Baptists are not happy.
Southern Baptist’s do not ordain women. Rick Warren‘s Saddleback Church is one of the largest Southern Baptist Church’s in the country. Last weekend Saddleback ordained three women pastors. Here is Bob Smietana at Religion News Service: Saddleback Church, one of […]