The annual meeting takes place in June. Center for Baptist Leadership: (T)he single biggest dividing line in evangelicalism today is the courage to fight for our convictions… The refusal to fight for our convictions is simply functional liberalism… Theological liberalism kills churches slowly through bad doctrine. Functional liberalism kills them […]
Category: Southern Baptist Convention
Southeastern Seminary Has New Leader
I hope he represents an improvement over Danny Akin who presided over the seminary “going woke”. But the Christian Post article states that the new president, Scott Pace, was pulled from the same ecosystem.
SBC Presidential Candidate Speaks Out On Female Pastors
Willy Rice is seeking clarity on a matter that recent SBC leadership wanted to be muddied: pic.twitter.com/b5sMdL4r7d — Willy Rice (@WillyRice) April 21, 2026
SBC Presidential Candidate
Tom Ascol interviews Pastor Willy Rice, the conservative candidate to lead the Southern Baptist Convention. The meat of the discussion focusing on the upcoming race begins at the 15:30 mark: 🎙️ FULL EPISODE: Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, @tomascol talks with @WillyRice, Pastor of Calvary Church in […]
A Better Candidate To Run The SBC’s Public Policy Arm?
After a series of awful leaders at the helm, a search team for the board of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission has a designated candidate to recommend as its next leader. It is Evan Lenow. He has been on faculty at Southwestern Seminary and currently at […]
JD Greear On “Diversity” In The Denomination
I believe I have posted this video previously. However, it is worth another look because it is illustrative of the junk that has prevailed in the Southern Baptist Convention. It is important to understand the content of this video because elections at the annual meeting will occur in a couple […]
North American Mission Board
Below you will find a video in which certain allegations are made about church plants initiated by the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board (NAMB). Among the representations: I had discussed here a couple of years ago a book written by Charles S. Kelley Jr. that argued the NAMB […]
The SBC’s Sexual Abuse Sham
A great video below discusses at length the height of the folly associated with the Southern Baptist Convention’s handling of highly publicized sexual abuse allegations. I think the folks who prepared this video have gotten the issue precisely right. Internalize the content, but be forewarned. It may arouse righteous anger:
I Look Forward To Viewing This
FINALLY: the time has come! The long-awaited SBC Doc is on it's way to YOUR YouTube feed this Tuesday, March 17. This one is gonna hit pretty hard, you won't want to miss it. "How The SBC Got Played" pic.twitter.com/2BxQTOShev — CrossPolitic (@CrossPolitic) March 16, 2026
Lovely Ridgecrest
Ridgecrest is a Southern Baptist retreat/ conference/ camp facility in the North Carolina mountains. It has been operating for over a century. Many Southern Baptists have attended retreats there over the years. Approximately 6 years ago, it was sold to a private ministry group– Ridgecrest Ministries— but maintains a Christian/ […]