Scott Barkley

WASHINGTON (BP) – At least three arrests have been made among those who disrupted a Southern Baptist church service Sunday, Jan. 18, to protest ICE activities in Minneapolis, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced this morning (Jan. 22).

NASHVILLE (BP) – One year ago, residents along the Gulf Coast were having fun in the rarest-of-rare snow events. That mood is different today for those in areas forecast to receive severe winter weather this weekend, with predictions of freezing rain and snow accumulations in feet, not inches.

ORLANDO (BP) – “The Road to Orlando,” a series of videos informing Southern Baptists on various aspects of June’s annual meeting, launched today (Jan. 20) with an introduction by host Jonathan Howe. The Road to Orlando is sponsored by Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, with episodes featuring interviews with various Southern Baptist leaders. Howe gives a […]

NASHVILLE (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission released a letter today (Jan. 16) calling for President Trump’s action on recent issues that have brought friction between the pro-life movement and an administration historically supportive of it.

ANDERSON, S.C. (BP) – America’s current state of dissension brings similarities to 60 years ago, when protests were common and voices were loud. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the leading voice. It’s one Matthew Daniels wants to elevate again.

MINNEAPOLIS (BP) – As protests escalate, one emotion remains prominent in this city where a majority of Southern Baptist churches are multiethnic or non-Anglo. It has shaped – and been shaped by – confrontations that have now led to mentions of invoking the Insurrection Act.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Entities and organizations at various points in the search for their next leader responded to Baptist Press recently on the status of that process.

NEW YORK (BP) – A Chinese dissident whose filming provided documentation of detention camps for Uyghurs, a Muslim people group in northwest China, appeared before an upstate New York judge yesterday (Jan. 12) for possible deportation to his home country.

NASHVILLE (BP) – American Christians keeping track of recent protests throughout Iran should continue to pray for an evangelical Church with a bigger footprint than most may imagine, said a Southern Baptist seminary professor.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (BP) – Tennessee Supreme Court justices sought clarity regarding the church autonomy doctrine Thursday (Jan. 8) in a case focused on the Southern Baptist Convention’s protocols to address claims of sexual abuse.