Ronnie Floyd, an Arkansas megachurch pastor and former Southern Baptist Convention president, has been elected to head the denomination’s Executive Committee.
Ronnie Floyd, an Arkansas megachurch pastor and former Southern Baptist Convention president, has been elected to head the denomination’s Executive Committee.
Former Southern Baptist Convention President Ronnie Floyd has been nominated to lead the denomination’s Executive Committee, based in Nashville, Tenn.
J.D. Greear, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, said the denomination’s Executive Committee should immediately investigate 10 churches named in a report by the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News, including Second Baptist in Houston — one of the largest churches in the SBC.
President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Albert Mohler, released a statement Thursday apologizing for his continued support of Pastor C.J. Mahaney who was accused of concealing sex abuse allegations in his church.
Beth Moore is speaking out following the publication of an investigative article in the Houston Chronicle that revealed that some 700 people were sexually abused by leaders in the Southern Baptist Church.
The Trump administration recently proposed 15,000 person reduction to the refugee admittance cap for the 2019 fiscal year. Christian leaders across the country have condemned this proposal including Southern Baptist ethicist Russell Moore.
Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, has responded to John MacArthur's recent claims that evangelicals' embrace of social justice is a threat to the Gospel.
Southern Baptists, grappling with some #MeToo-aided falls from grace among their leaders, have called for affirming women, showing compassion for the abused and expecting “moral and sexual purity” of their leaders.
Vice President Mike Pence touted President Trump’s meeting with North Korean President Kim Jong Un in a speech before Southern Baptists and urged their continuing prayers as the administration moves ahead with negotiations to seek peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Southern Baptists called for unity and a renewed focus on their core mission as they left their Annual Meeting in Dallas Wednesday.
