Page 49 - Baptist Network News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Mohler Faces SBC Presidential Challenge from the Right After 14 controversy-filled months as the only announced candidate for the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Al Mohler will face at least one challenger in the vote this June. On Wednesday (Jan. 13), a Baptist pastor from Georgia announced his candidacy to challenge Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Mike Stone, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Blackshear, Georgia, and immediate past chair of the SBC Executive Committee, immediately drew support from some in SBC life wh...

Pastor or theologian – which is better for So. Baptists? Friday, January 15, 2021  |  Steve Jordahl (OneNewsNow.com) Spanish A Georgia pastor has thrown his hat into the ring to be considered for president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Pastor Mike Stone is immediate past chairman of the SBC Executive Committee and senior pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Blackshear, Georgia. He is also on the steering committee of the recently formed Conservative Baptist Network, an affiliation of churches concerned with a perceived leftward drift in the Southern Baptist denomination. Bibl...

Two Prominent Pastors Break With SBC After Critical Race Theory Statement Charlie Dates and Ralph D. West spoke out in response to a controversial statement released by seminary presidents. Kate Shellnutt| Image: bengrey / Flickr and MLK50 / BP Ralph D. West and Charlie Dates The leaders of two majority-black megachurches in major cities announced this week that they will no longer affiliate with the Southern Baptist Convention. In op-eds announcing their decisions to leave, Charlie Dates of Chicago’s Progressive Baptist Church and Ralph D. West of Houston’s The Church With...

Image: Courtesy of the Conservative Baptist Network Brad Jurkovich is a Southern Baptist pastor in Louisiana and the spokesman for the Conservative Baptist Network, which formed in February 2020 A week before the election, Truett McConnell University president Emir Caner told fellow Southern Baptists, “We are in a battle for the soul of our nation and denomination.” Over 500 people gathered Tuesday night for a religious liberty event at the university’s campus in Cleveland, Georgia, and within a few days over 10,000 had watched on Facebook. Speakers criticized political cor...

Critical race theory debate likely to continue The Conservative Baptist Network applauded the seminary presidents just as they had praised President Donald Trump earlier this year when he banned critical race theory training for federal workers. Trump's decision came on the heels of a summer filled with protests against police brutality and heightened awareness about systemic racism.  Opposition to critical race theory is one of the reasons the grassroots Southern Baptist group launched in February. They want the seminary presidents to go further, including helping to rescind a critical ra...