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Homer Edwin Young - President of the Southern Baptist Convention (1992–1994), serves as Head Pastor of Second Baptist Church Houston, is an author, and is the creator of the broadcast ministry, the Winning Walk
The official name is the Southern Baptist Convention.The word Southern in "Southern Baptist Convention" stems from its 1845 organization in Augusta, Georgia, by white Baptists in the Southern United States who supported continuing the institution of slavery and split from the northern Baptists (known today as the American Baptist Churches USA), who did not support funding evangelists engaging ...
But the church has previously come under scrutiny for a past deacon who was sentenced to prison in 2008 for charges ... McKown was the first woman pastor of a Southern Baptist church in ...
The predominant view among Baptist churches (especially theologically conservative ones, including the majority of Southern Baptist and Independent Baptist churches) is that a deacon must be a male, and married (or a widower) and not divorced previously. If a deacon subsequently divorces, he must relinquish his office (but if his wife dies he ...
Delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting voted 6,759 to 563 on Tuesday to oust First Baptist Church of Alexandria after the denomination’s credentials committee deemed the ...
But the church has previously come under scrutiny for a past deacon who was sentenced to prison in 2008 for charges ... McKown was the first woman pastor of a Southern Baptist church in ...
Widespread sexual abuse cases in Southern Baptist churches were reported by the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News on February 10, 2019. The report found roughly 380 clergy, lay leaders and volunteers had faced allegations of sexual misconduct , leaving behind over 700 victims [ 1 ] since 1998.
By a margin of 44 votes, Kathy Litton broke a 53-year stretch of men holding a key Southern Baptist Convention position. “To me it said we’re welcoming women to be leaders in the denomination ...