SBC

“The Southern Baptist publisher plans to restrict its budget by at least $25 million through reducing staff and salaries.” - CT

“…assigning motives to actions is hardly a godly thing to do. These “discernment” guys generally seem to regard themselves as having a nearly infallible insight into the minds and hearts of those they bite and devour.” - SBC Voices

“Rifts formed in the SBC that still haven’t healed. The recent formation of the so-called Conservative Baptist Network is clearly focused largely on opposing those Baptists who do not give full support to Trump and the GOP.” - SBC Voices

“There are reasons I think that the percentage would be much less for SBC, explained below. I don’t know if LifeWay Research does any prognostication about SBC church closures.” - SBC Voices

“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