/tags/southern-baptist-convention Southern Baptist Convention en-US Copyright Thu, 16 May 2019 15:44:37 GMT /news/2019-05-16/stained-glass-windows-honoring-baptist-leaders-removed-from-fort-worth-seminary-chapel Stained-glass windows honoring some religious leaders who helped shift the Southern Baptist Convention to a more conservative stance have been removed… Thu, 16 May 2019 15:44:37 GMT /news/2019-05-16/stained-glass-windows-honoring-baptist-leaders-removed-from-fort-worth-seminary-chapel Associated Press, Christy Robinson /2019-02-11/southern-baptist-convention-of-texas-expresses-sorrow-over-sex-abuse-revelations The Southern Baptist Convention of Texas on Monday expressed sorrow over newspaper reports that more than 700 Southern Baptists have been sexually... Tue, 12 Feb 2019 02:45:18 GMT /2019-02-11/southern-baptist-convention-of-texas-expresses-sorrow-over-sex-abuse-revelations Brian Kirkpatrick /2019-02-11/reporters-uncover-20-years-of-sexual-abuse-in-southern-baptist-churches From Texas Standard : The Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News uncovered hundreds of Southern Baptist Convention, or SBC, church leaders... Mon, 11 Feb 2019 18:57:12 GMT /2019-02-11/reporters-uncover-20-years-of-sexual-abuse-in-southern-baptist-churches Rhonda Fanning /2018-06-14/pence-speech-riles-some-as-southern-baptists-moderates-gain-strength The largest Protestant denomination in the country closed its annual meeting Wednesday with a partisan speech from the vice president. The group's new leader quickly sought to distance it from Pence. Thu, 14 Jun 2018 09:31:00 GMT /2018-06-14/pence-speech-riles-some-as-southern-baptists-moderates-gain-strength Tom Gjelten, Christopher Dean Hopkins /texas-news/2018-06-13/pence-gives-campaign-style-speech-to-southern-baptists-at-dallas-convention Vice President Mike Pence gave an often boastful campaign-style speech Wednesday to the closing session of the Southern Baptist Convention's annual… Wed, 13 Jun 2018 19:50:25 GMT /texas-news/2018-06-13/pence-gives-campaign-style-speech-to-southern-baptists-at-dallas-convention David Crary /news/2018-06-12/southern-baptist-church-grapples-with-metoo-after-fort-worth-leaders-fall America’s more than 46,000 Southern Baptist churches are grappling with their own #MeToo moment after a leader from Fort Worth fell from prominence after… Tue, 12 Jun 2018 14:41:44 GMT /news/2018-06-12/southern-baptist-church-grapples-with-metoo-after-fort-worth-leaders-fall Christopher Connelly /2018-05-31/seminary-votes-to-fire-paige-patterson-after-ousting-him-as-president The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, which made Patterson "president emeritus" last week, said it had received new information about his handling of a sexual abuse claim against a student. Thu, 31 May 2018 08:43:00 GMT /2018-05-31/seminary-votes-to-fire-paige-patterson-after-ousting-him-as-president Scott Neuman /2018-05-23/southern-baptist-leader-removed-from-post-over-comments-on-domestic-abuse The president of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has been removed from his position. Paige Patterson has faced backlash about how he counseled women who reported marital abuse and rape. Wed, 23 May 2018 13:50:00 GMT /2018-05-23/southern-baptist-leader-removed-from-post-over-comments-on-domestic-abuse Tom Gjelten, Rachel Martin /2018-05-23/southern-baptist-leader-removed-over-remarks-on-rape-abuse-of-women Paige Patterson has been under fire for past counsel to women of abuse to simply pray for their husbands. On Tuesday, a new allegation surfaced that he had advised a student not to report a rape. Wed, 23 May 2018 11:29:00 GMT /2018-05-23/southern-baptist-leader-removed-over-remarks-on-rape-abuse-of-women Scott Neuman