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Matt Queen’s attorney has requested the prosecutor release ‘a limited number of documents’ he believes supports Queen’s defense ..read more
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Former ERLC chair Kevin Smith issued an apology for acting without a “formal vote of the Executive Committee” to remove Brent Leatherwood ..read more
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The beleaguered ERLC announced the firing of its president Brent Leatherwood before retracting that announcement hours later ..read more
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Baptists and other Christians offered prayers and pleas for peace in the aftermath of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a July 13 campaign rally in Pennsylvania ..read more
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The 39th annual meeting of the Vietnamese Baptist Union of North America drew more than 1,300 participants for worship, workshops, fellowship and business ..read more
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The California Southern Baptist announced it had cut six staff jobs, citing an ongoing decline in giving ..read more
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The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges has continued its accreditation warning for Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary ..read more
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Paul Pressler, a retired Texas judge and one of the most influential evangelicals of the past 50 years, has died ..read more
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Messengers presented 50 motions at the 2024 Southern Baptist Convention annual neeting and acted on several, rejecting calls to abolish the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and censure Southern Baptist leaders ..read more
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Clint Pressley, a North Carolina megachurch pastor known for a conservative but even-keel approach to leadership and who does not wear jeans in the pulpit, was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention ..read more