SBC

“Saddleback is among three churches that will make their case before Southern Baptists at their annual meeting in New Orleans next month.” - CToday

“The mandate of the ARITF is to provide help for local churches to be as safe as possible for children, teens and vulnerable adults…. the toolbox will put the essentials for prevention and protection into the hands of every church and association.” - BPNews

“With 81 votes cast, Wellman, an SBC insider who most recently served as chairman of the Executive Committee, lost 50-31, forcing the appointment of a new search committee to begin the process anew.” - C.Index

“they will ‘consider alternative pathways (dividing the work among smaller firms which share [Southern Baptists’] values) to establish and maintain the Ministry Check website.’” - BPNews

“The greatest threat to the future of the SBC today is… growing unwillingness to cooperate in missions with churches and fellow believers unless they are in near-unanimous agreement on tertiary issues.” - SBC Voices

“Messengers at this year’s annual meeting… can rescind the action of the Executive Committee and reinstate Saddleback and the four other congregations, or they can continue down the road of ejecting the disorderly churches with their 170 women pastors.” - RNS

“Those who don’t like the Ministry Check database, or don’t want it… may make a motion and undo the whole thing….Readers can avoid being confused or misled by reading the Sex Abuse Implementation Task Force update of February 27th” - SBC Voices

“Blalock, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Charleston, S.C., and Jon Nelson, ARITF member and lead pastor of Soma Community Church in Jefferson City, Mo., were guests on Baptist Press This Week” - BPNews

“The complaint alleges the SBC and Guidepost engaged in defamation and libel, that they invaded Hunt’s privacy and intentionally caused emotional harm.” - RNS

“…the June 13-14 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, America’s largest Protestant denomination, will be a landmark on this. The gathering will decide whether to expel any congregation with a women pastor, thus affirming the SBC Executive Committee’s February expulsion of five such congregations.” - Get Religion