We covered this here and here. Here is Bob Smietana at Religion News Service: Olasky had hoped to end his tenure as editor-in-chief, which began in 1994, in the summer of 2022. Those plans changed after World’s publisher announced the […]
Southern Baptists
Historian Thomas Kidd leaves Baylor for Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
I knew Tommy Kidd liked barbecue, but I was not expecting this. Here is the press release: Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Jason Allen has announced that historian Thomas S. Kidd will join Midwestern Seminary’s residential faculty as research professor […]
Louisiana College is changing its name to Louisiana Christian University
The Southern Baptist College in Pineville, Louisiana is changing its name. Here is the Associated Press: Louisiana College in Pineville will formally announce its new name — Louisiana Christian University — on Nov. 16 during a meeting of the Louisiana […]
Ronnie Floyd resigns as President and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee
Here is some context for Floyd’s resignation. Current received the following press release tonight: Dear SBC Executive Committee Trustees and SBC Family, I was planning to release this letter on Monday, October 11; however, I delayed the publishing of this letter […]
National Review writer Kevin Williamson blasts the Southern Baptist Convention
Here is Williamson on Albert Mohler’s failed campaign for president of the Southern Baptist Convention: Ed Litton, a moderate reformer, has been elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention — and the Reverend R. Albert Mohler has been served his […]
SBC messenger and Biden voter begs the president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary to unblock him on Twitter
My favorite moment from the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting so far:
How Southern Baptists and others are responding to the election of Ed Litton as president of the convention
We also included some initial reaction to Litton’s election in this post. Litton is, relatively speaking, a “moderate.” That means he wants to work for racial reconciliation, does not want to condemn critical race theory, and embraces the Baptist Faith […]
Late afternoon Tuesday at the SBC Annual Meeting: elections, abortion, CRT, sexual abuse, leadership, and no air conditioning
The Southern Baptists voted for their next president earlier today. Kate Shellnut has the first ballot results: As we reported in our last post, Ed Litton, senior pastor of Redemption Church in Saraland, Alabama, is the new president. It was […]
Ed Litton is the new president of the Southern Baptist Convention
Litton is the senior pastor of Redemption Church in Saraland, Alabama
Tuesday early afternoon at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting
I am trying to follow things in Nashville. Here are some tweets from Tuesday (June 15, 2021) early afternoon. The presidential election will take place later this afternoon. The messengers seem to be consistently rebuking the Executive Committee’s resolutions. Read Dominic […]
Tuesday morning at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting
I am trying to follow things in Nashville. Here are some tweets from Tuesday (June 15, 2021) morning: Yesterday (June 14, 2021): Today (June 15): Will it be a stolen election? 🙂
Evangelical roundup for June 14, 2021 (Southern Baptist Convention edition)
What is going on in Evangelicalland? The Southern Baptists are converging on Nashville this week. Here are some links to help you put the annual meeting in context: Sarah Pulliam Bailey has a helpful piece on what is at stake. […]
Will the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention be Mike Stone or the left-leaning compromiser Albert Mohler?
The guy in the video below wants Mike Stone to be the next president: Yes, THIS Mike Stone. Meanwhile, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary president Albert Mohler seems to be running as the leftist candidate. 🙂 Stay tuned.
What does Russell Moore’s departure from the Southern Baptist Convention tells us about the state of American Christianity?
The Southern Baptists are meeting in Nashville later this month and it is going to be a doozy! Stone vs. Mohler Critical race theory. Women in the church. Sexual-abuse cover-ups. Russell Moore. This sounds more like a soap opera than […]
Paige Patterson and the “black girl”
In a recently leaked letter to the leadership of the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Russell Moore letter he wrote: Another SBC leader used constant pressure against me in protest of our hiring of Dan Darling and Trillia […]
Early responses to the leaked Russell Moore letter
What letter? Get up to speed here. An array of responses: Thread and the backstory: Here’s more: Meanwhile, Albert Mohler is running for office:
We now have a better understanding of why Russell Moore left his post with the Southern Baptist Convention
And it has little to do directly with Trump. Here is Paul O’Donnell and Bob Smietana at Religion News Service: For years before his resignation last month as president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, the […]
What is going on at Southwest Baptist University?
From Inside Higher Ed: When Dwayne Walker went up for tenure this past academic year at Southwest Baptist University in Missouri, he was invited to a luncheon with members of the Board of Trustees. There, he says, trustees questioned him […]
Southern Baptists in the wake of Russell Moore’s departure
The most sane voice in the Southern Baptist Church has finally had enough. Russell Moore just left for Christianity Today. Meanwhile, the country’s largest Protestant denomination approaches its annual meeting in Nashville as a deeply divided body. Can the members […]
Some early reaction to Russell Moore’s move to Christianity Today
Get up to speed here. Brian Zahnd being Brian Zahnd: Radical subjectivist Ed Stetzer? Not sure what this means. Sounds like some pretty intense SBC inside baseball: I will try to add some more throughout the day. Check back. UPDATE: […]