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The Southern Baptist Convention is electing a new president Tuesday amid a push by ultraconservatives to wrest control of the denomination.

By TRAVIS LOLLER Created: June 14, 2021 05:12 PM NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Southern Baptist Conventions Executive Committee on Monday quashed a push for an independent committee to lead a probe of its handling of sex abuse cases, but the proposal is almost certain to resurface when the nations largest denomination holds its biggest and most contentious annual meeting in decades. The push for accountability came after leaked letters accused current and former Executive Co...

Accusations that leaders have shielded churches from claims of sexual abuse and simmering tensions around race threaten to once again mire the

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As Southern Baptists prepare for their biggest annual meeting...

View Comments Editors note: This story first appeared online June 9 for subscribers only. Please support local journalism and get first access to more stories like this with our introductory offer for new subscribers. Southern Baptists are fighting — again.  Questions on critical race theory, the role of women in the church and who should be the next leader of the Southern Baptist Convention are roiling the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. It all could come to a head in Nashvill...

Allen Nelson IV walked to the front of his small church in central Arkansas, stopped in front of the communion table with three large crosses behind him, and unfurled a giant black flag with a white skull and crossed swords. For several years, the pastor and father of five had felt that too many of his fellow Christians were drifting unmistakably leftward on issues of race, gender and the strict authority of the Bible. The flag was a gift from a friend, energized — like Nelson — by...

Southern Baptists are divided over critical race theory, the role of women in ministry and who should lead the convention next.

Secret recordings, leaked letters: Explosive secrets rocking the Southern Baptist Convention Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post June 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 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. S...

Thousands of Southern Baptists will gather next week in Nashville for their big annual meeting.  It will be the first event of significant size in the city since the pandemic killed Nashvilles meeting industry. As of Wednesday, 16,000 messengers, the voting representatives of Southern Baptist churches, had pre-registered for the event.  "It is undeniable our SBC Family is facing many challenges. Some are real and concerning," Ronnie Floyd, the president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Conve...

Southern Baptist Convention: 4 things to watch at the annual meeting Holly Meyer, Nashville Tennessean © Jon Shapley, AP Joel Miller, a missions and outreach pastor, prays on the second day of the Southern Baptist Conventions annual meeting on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, in Birmingham, Ala. The president of the Southern Baptist Convention has apologized for the sexual abuse crisis besetting his denomination and outlined an array of steps to address it. ( Jon Shapley/Houston Chr...