Pastor Ed Litton edged out Pastor Mike Stone by 556 votes in a run-off to become the new President of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. The closely watched election had over 13,000 ‘messengers’ (registered representatives from a Southern Baptist Church) who voted at this year’s SBC’s annual meeting, a record-setting … [Read more...] about New SBC President Ed Litton Talks About CRT, Women Leadership, and Sexual Abuse in Press Conference
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Live Updates: 2021 Annual Meeting of Southern Baptist Convention
6:53 pm: Ed Littion, pastor of Redemption Church in Saraland, Alabama has been named the next SBC President. Litton received 6,834 of the 13,131 casted votes resulting in 52.04 percent of the vote. Mike Stone received 6,278 votes falling just short at 47.81 percent of the total vote. 6:30 pm: The messengers overwhelmingly passed Resolution 5: On Abuse and Pastoral … [Read more...] about Live Updates: 2021 Annual Meeting of Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist Convention Faces Push From the Right
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Southern Baptist Convention is electing a new president Tuesday amid a push to wrest control of the denomination by ultraconservatives who say some current leaders are too liberal on issues that include race and the role of women in ministry. Mike Stone, a Georgia pastor, is the preferred candidate of a new group … [Read more...] about Southern Baptist Convention Faces Push From the Right
SBC Executive Committee Vote Shocks As Abuse Survivors Urge ‘Immediate Action’
(ChurchLeaders) Eight people who have survived abuse at the hands of leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) have published a joint statement calling for several “immediate actions” ahead of the SBC’s annual meeting. But Monday morning, the SBC Executive Committee (EC) decided not to consider a motion that presents some of the SBC sexual abuse survivors’ very … [Read more...] about SBC Executive Committee Vote Shocks As Abuse Survivors Urge ‘Immediate Action’
At Least Three Critical Race Theory Statements Proposed for Southern Baptist Meeting
Adelle M. Banks (RNS) If he had the chance to turn back time, Pastor Stephen Feinstein says, he might not have proposed Resolution 9. The innocuous-sounding and nonbinding statement adopted by Southern Baptists who attended their 2019 annual meeting has contributed to a fierce battle over critical race theory, an academic approach to understanding systemic racism. The … [Read more...] about At Least Three Critical Race Theory Statements Proposed for Southern Baptist Meeting