INDIANAPOLIS — Messengers to the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting are being asked to weigh in a second time on whether to add to the SBC Constitution an amendment regarding churches that employ women in pastoral roles. The amendment’s proponents have often cited a June 2023 report, which listed 99 Southern Baptist churches with female pastors and a total of 149 female pastors from a sample size of 3,847 “randomized” churches.

INDIANAPOLIS — Three Tennessee Baptist pastors are scheduled to speak during the 2024 Pastors Conference in Indianapolis June 9-10 preceding the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. The theme for the event is “Faithful: Pursuing Your Mission,” based on Revelation 17:14. Tennessee pastors speaking at the event include Adam Dooley, Englewood Baptist Church, Jackson; Steve Gaines, Bellevue Baptist Church, Cordova and former SBC president; and Bartholomew Orr, Brown Missionary

Editor’s Note: Mike Law, senior pastor of Arlington Baptist Church in Virginia, introduced an amendment to the SBC Constitution that was approved on first vote at the SBC annual meeting last year in New Orleans. It must pass by a two-thirds majority at the SBC annual meeting this year in Indianapolis in order to go into effect. The amendment has divided many Southern Baptists. The Baptist and Reflector asked Mike

While the current Department of Justice investigation of the Southern Baptist Convention and its entities stemmed from the Guidepost Solutions report released in May 2022, an indictment handed down yesterday (May 21, 2024) focuses on a situation that took place after the report. The Guidepost report detailed how allegations of sexual abuse were handled by SBC leaders during the previous 20-year period. Matt Queen was charged with obstructing justice in