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SBC sources: Paige Patterson made ‘black girl’ comments cited in Russell Moore letter Patterson was also critical of the Rev. Fred Luter, the SBC’s first Black president, saying Luter and other ‘ethnic’ leaders didn’t understand how important the denomination’s theology was. Paige Patterson gives a report June 14, 2017, during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting at the Phoenix Convention Center. Photo by Adam Covington/Baptist Press June 3, 2021 (RNS) — Author and speaker Trillia Newbell was minding her own business this week, “doing the good work the Lord planne...

(RNS) — In a letter written more than a year before his resignation, Moore explained his troubles with the SBC leadership in bitterly frank terms. Then-President Donald Trump barely makes an appearance.

Russell Moore departs but division remains in SBC May 26, 2021 Bob Smietana / Religion News Service Share this article NASHVILLE (RNS)—Russell Moore’s resignation from the presidency of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission has put the Southern Baptists’ propensity for controversy on clear display. Conservative, pro-life, anti-same-sex marriage, Moore was hardly a theological outlier among his fellow Southern Baptist leaders, yet his opposition to the candidacy of Donald Trump, whom Moore had once called “an arrogant huckster,” as well as his sympathy for immigrants and concer...

SBC elections not lacking candidates in 2021 May 26, 2021 Share this article NASHVILLE (BP)—Some SBC annual meetings offer little speculation as to the outcomes of the election of officers. The 2021 annual meeting in Nashville will not be one of those. With just a few weeks left until official nominations are made, multiple nominees have been announced for various SBC-related offices. So far, there are four announced candidates for SBC president, five for vice president roles, and one each for recording secretary and registration secretary. Randy Adams Citing a desire for Southern Baptists�...

Russell Moore, head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, had been an outspoken opponent of the president.