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Bias Watch
Baptist church will be expelled for welcoming a gay couple to services
While Jesus may have preached radical inclusivity and the Bible demands churches welcome all “sinners,” the SBC’s Executive Committee is more worried about what the neighbors would think.
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Commentary
The Southern Baptist Convention may change its name, but it can’t repeal a history of oppression
Its oppressive racist, sexist, antisemitic, and heterosexist legacy will remain for eternity.
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News (USA)
The religious right is starting to distance itself from Trump. Sorta.
But that doesn’t mean the romance is over.
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News (USA)
The Baptists cut ties with their DC churches for accepting lesbians
DC Baptists was accused of “tacitly approving” of a church’s “unbiblical actions.”
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News (USA)
The Southern Baptists’ #MeToo moment was really, really short
The Southern Baptists ousted one leader for minimizing sexual abuse, but they’re still cheering the adulterer-in-chief.
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News (USA)
A right-wing leader of the Southern Baptists is having a #MeToo moment
Paige Patterson has an unparalleled record of homophobia, but it’s his defense of spousal abuse that’s started a firestorm.
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News (USA)
Major Southern Baptist leader resigns due to ‘morally inappropriate relationship’
People are now speculating about what the anti-LGBT leader did… and with whom.
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News (USA)
Conservative Christian leader accused of using Bible study to molest a teenage boy
He allegedly told the teen that when they had sex, it was a “God-sanctioned secret.”
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News (USA)
Baptists threaten to expel churches if they knowingly hire LGBTQ people
Some Baptist “leaders” appear more willing to tear their denomination apart than grant rights to LGBTQ people.
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Commentary
Why do so many Christians invoke God to excuse unholy behavior?
Evangelical Christians are coming out in droves to defend an accused child molester, but why have they consistently chosen to give up Christ for culture wars?