Mohler questions ERLC’s ‘utility,’ draws pushback from Commission’s defenders
NASHVILLE (BP) – An SBC entity president has expressed “grave doubts” about the usefulness of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) in Southern Baptist life. The ERLC and its advocates followed those comments with a flurry of defense for the Convention’s public policy Commission.
Lawsuit claims illegal power consolidation at Second Bapt. Houston
HOUSTON (BP) – A lawsuit alleges Second Baptist Church in Houston unlawfully changed its governing documents to eliminate the congregation’s power to vote on virtually everything, including budgets and the selection of a senior pastor.
Trump address takes on gender transitions, men in women’s sports
WASHINGTON (BP) – Fighting transgender ideology was part of the “common-sense revolution” advocated by President Donald Trump during his March 4 address to a Joint Session of Congress.
IVF regulations a ‘wild, wild west’ despite Trump exec. order
WASHINGTON (BP) – Evangelical ethicists are urging policymakers to tap the brakes on in vitro fertilization (IVF) expansion despite an executive order by President Donald Trump and widespread enthusiasm for the practice.
Pressley: ‘Nothing else even comes close’ to SBC, CP
NASHVILLE (BP) – What do the SBC and the Porsche 911 sports car have in common? According to SBC President Clint Pressley, an enduring design that cannot be equaled but that must be tweaked for a stable future.
Gender, abortion, immigration among Trump’s initial exec. orders
WASHINGTON (BP) – President Donald Trump’s flurry of executive actions his first week in office has drawn mixed reviews from evangelicals.
Trump ‘saved by God to make America great again,’ president says at 2nd inauguration
WASHINGTON (BP) – In a day punctuated with references to God and Judeo-Christian principles, Donald Trump was inaugurated Jan. 20 as the 47th president of the United States.
Trump’s moderated abortion stance draws mixed reviews from pro-lifers
WASHINGTON (BP) – Donald Trump’s pledge to ensure medication abortion access has not quelled optimism among some pro-lifers about prospects for his second term as president. Others aren’t so sure.
CP’s ‘long-term stability’ considered as state conventions rethink SBC allocations
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Cooperative Program stands at a crossroads as its 100th birthday approaches.
Celebrity pastor cult fosters sexual sin, analysts say
NASHVILLE (BP) – When Albert Mohler asked two Boyce College students how they were doing, the reply was stark: they were not well.
