SBC

“An SBC Annual Meeting hasn’t been canceled since 1945, during World War II, when the nation’s largest Protestant denomination was prohibited from holding its yearly gathering because the U.S. government forbade meetings of more than 50 people.” - CPost

“Nearly two decades later, a new group of SBC pastors and laymen are calling for a second conservative resurgence. What’s this all about? Well … here is the short story. What are the critical issues you need to know?

“SBC Pastors’ Conference president David Uth has been granted an extended time for fasting and prayer before responding to the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee’s stipulation that program adjustments be made before space is allocated at the 2020 SBC Annual Meeting venue.” - BPNews

“I have a few serious questions regarding this action. 1) Why was this action taken, 2) Why was the action taken by the EC without referral to or at least in council with the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the ERLC and 3) Regardless of the outcome, what are the implications of the findings of this ad hoc task force?” - SBC Voices

“The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has disfellowshipped a west Texas congregation that knowingly employs a registered sex offender as pastor, the first church to lose its ties with the denomination amid a heightened push to combat sexual abuse.” - CToday

“This infighting over women preaching in the SBC is a distraction & an enormous waste of energy. Be honest about what these fights are over. Perhaps my memory fails me in old age but I thought we were gospel people, all sent out to share the good news of salvation through Christ.” - Christian Post

“We are concerned about the current road our Southern Baptist family is traveling. It is a road that is twisting what God’s Word is saying about things like human sexuality, biblical racial reconciliation, and socialistic justice,” said Brad Jurkovich, the network spokesman. - Christian Post

“Conference President: ‘She’s not preaching’ ” - Church Leaders

Related: SBC pastors threaten boycott over inclusion of female teaching pastor Hosanna Wong at conference

Goals include “Protection of the Hyde Amendment, which has barred Medicaid funding of abortion since 1976 … Enactment of the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act, which would bar the government from discriminating against adoption agencies and other child welfare entities that refuse to serve in a way that contradicts their beliefs….Defunding Planned Parenthood” - BPNews

“Attention turns to a committee that could identify offending churches, a new measure put in place following the landmark Houston Chronicle series.” - Christianity Today