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Baptist missionaries should plant Baptist churches that joyfully embrace Baptist distinctions, all for the glory of God and the good of the world.

Pastors, victims and therapists are learning how they can prevent sexual abuse in churches at the at the annual Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas Thursday. The focus of this year’s convention is spotlighting sex abuse, physical abuse and emotional abuse in churches. WTVC. This year, a Houston newspaper discovered more than 250 key church leaders within the Southern Baptist faith were convicted of sex abuse crimes. We found 30 of them within Tennessee and Georgia.

Kenneth Priest (Director, #SWBTS Center for Church Revitalization) shares how churches in the United States can become de-vitalized, and how congregations ca...

Dozens of Southern Baptist churches were aware that a pastor, employee or volunteer had faced allegations of sexual misconduct - yet the churches employed them anyway.

Tuesday February 11, 2020 Denomination: American Baptist Churches USA There’s a time to take a stand--but there’s also a time to get out of the way. When should you duck? Here are three times to duck: 1. When someone is asking you to fix a relationship or solve a problem which is not yours to solve. This is a classic triangle. One mistake I see pastors making is this: they get involved in fights which are not theirs. Remember that you are not…

Friday January 17, 2020 Denomination: American Baptist Churches USA When someone is upset with you or with something that has happened in the ministry, should you apologize? Sometimes. If you know you made a mistake, the answer is yes. You forgot a meeting. You snapped at a staff member. You didn’t get the worship information for the bulletin in on time. Here’s how you do it. “I’m so sorry I missed that meeting/lost my temper/was late for the bulletin deadline.” Don’t add lots…

Rampant sexual abuse and cover-ups in a loose network of independent fundamental Baptist churches across America appear to dwarf the #MeToo revelations that captivated the U.S. and led to universal outrage.

A key reason to plant consciously Baptist churches is one too often overlooked: the importance of our connection to church tradition.

Baptist churches aren't as likely to have pictures of the Virgin Mary or other traditional religious displays. That might explain the confusion at Red Bank Baptist Church.

Former members reflect on their experiences in independent fundamental Baptist churches. "If I can be candid, it's ruined me," one says.