By Tom Strode Baptist Press WASHINGTON — President Biden and the U.S. House of Representatives are persuaded Russian President Vladimir Putin and his military have committed war crimes in Ukraine. If those assessments prove correct, justice requires accountability for the perpetrators, a Southern Baptist ethics leader said. The war crimes designations by United States officials intensified after photos recently came to light of hundreds of bodies of Ukrainian civilians who

By Jonathan Howe Baptist Press FARMERSVILLE, Texas – Southern Baptist Convention Pastors’ Conference president Matt Henslee announced his intention to nominate Texas pastor Bart Barber for the office of SBC president at the upcoming SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim, June 14-15, 2022. Barber becomes the fourth announced candidate for the office this year but only the third candidate who will be considered by messengers for the position. Florida pastor Willy

The Baptist Paper CLEARWATER, Fla. — Willy Rice, pastor of Calvary Church in Clearwater, Fla., withdrew his name on April 6 from the list of candidates seeking the presidency of the Southern Baptist Convention. Roughly a month after announcing his plans to accept a nomination for the position, news broke April 1 about a leadership position at Rice’s church. A former public school teacher with a history of sexual misconduct serves as