Roger Spradlin, a Southern Baptist Convention pastor who helped to craft the influential 2000 Baptist Faith & Message, has died at age 68 following a battle with cancer.
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler has acknowledged the possibility that the Southern Baptist Convention may have to someday clarify that the office of pastor belongs “biological men” and not women who identify as men.
Secret recordings, leaked letters: Explosive secrets rocking the Southern Baptist Convention
Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post
June 12, 2021
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FILE - In this Tuesday, June 10, 2014 file photo, the Rev. Ronnie Floyd, center, of Cross Church in northwest Arkansas, hugs the Rev. Dwight McKissic, right, of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, after Floyd was elected the new president of the Southern Baptist Convention during its annual meeting in Baltimore. Steve Ruark/AP
Demands for political loyalty. Disputes about racism. A fight between conservatives and ultra-conservatives. It sounds like current debates within the GOP, but on Tuesday thousands of Southern Baptists will gather in Nashville to vote on issues that will shape the massive denomination s future, including the choice of its next president.