Bart Barber enters Southern Baptist presidential race after another pastor withdraws
(RNS) — Bart Barber said he determined that perhaps he could do more than be ‘a pastor with a Twitter account.’
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(RNS) — Bart Barber said he determined that perhaps he could do more than be ‘a pastor with a Twitter account.’
Texas pastor Bart Barber is expected to be nominated for Southern Baptist Convention president during the 2022 annual meeting in Anaheim.
Just over two months before messengers vote at the denomination’s annual meeting in Anaheim, California, Pastor Bart Barber of First Baptist Church in Farmersville, Texas, has joined the stable of pastors jockeying to become the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention.
(RNS) — Rice had come under fire for ordaining a deacon with a history of sexual misconduct.
(RNS) — Rice had been a leading candidate for SBC president — during a year when an investigation into how the denomination handled abuse is underway.