NHL Pride jersey debate creates ‘Gospel opportunity’
NASHVILLE (BP) -- As the pressure increases on NHL hockey players to support the LGBTQ agenda, so does the opportunity for Gospel witness.
B21 panelists affirm Saddleback decision, support Barber reelection
NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- Saddleback Church, the SBC presidential election, sexual abuse and financial disclosures by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary were among the topics discussed by this year’s Baptist 21 panel June 13 during the SBC Annual Meeting.
Sex abuse reforms ‘historic,’ task force says
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – One handwritten note stood out when elementary school children at First Baptist Church in Charleston, S.C., made Valentine’s Day cards for Pastor Marshall Blalock.
ERLC ‘cannot be quiet’ in fight for life, Leatherwood says
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Through tears, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) President Brent Leatherwood told SBC messengers in New Orleans about the worst day of his life.
ARITF granted additional year to fight sexual abuse
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – The SBC’s Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force (ARITF) will work for another year.
Stephen Rummage to lead 2024 SBC Pastors’ Conference
NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- Oklahoma pastor Stephen Rummage, an author and preaching professor, was elected president of the 2024 SBC Pastors’ Conference by acclamation June 12 at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
MLB Pride Nights press players to ‘agonizing decisions’
LOS ANGELES (BP) – When the Los Angeles Dodgers announced plans to honor a pro-LGBTQ group that lampoons Christians, Dodgers pitcher Blake Treinen took a stand.
Post-COVID Perspective: Pandemic’s ‘residual effect’ still felt at SBC seminaries
When COVID-19 slammed North America in March 2020, the six SBC seminaries took immediate and drastic action. They suspended in-person classes, emptied residence halls, and told employees to work from home.
Tom Strode retiring after 32 years as BP’s D.C. bureau chief
WASHINGTON (BP) – When God called a young sportswriter named Tom Strode to ministry 40 years ago, Strode thought that meant leaving journalism forever. But God had other plans.
Baptist historian Albert Wardin dies at 94
NASHVILLE (BP) – Albert Wardin, a prolific historian who helped make the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives (SBHLA) a global hotspot for Baptist researchers, died Nov. 14. He was 94.
