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Pastors, church leaders encouraged to participate in biennial church compensation survey

Pastors, church leaders encouraged to participate in biennial church compensation survey

April 4, 2024

By Roy HayhurstGuideStone GuideStone®, Lifeway Research and Baptist state conventions have again teamed up for the SBC Church Compensation Survey. The survey — the largest…

Maryland-Delaware Baptists ready to respond after Baltimore bridge collapses

Francis Scott Key Bridge, Baltimore, before its collapse on March 26.

Maryland-Delaware Baptists ready to respond after Baltimore bridge collapses

March 27, 2024

Greenway files lawsuit against Southwestern Seminary

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth (Photo credit: Baptist Press)

Greenway files lawsuit against Southwestern Seminary

March 25, 2024

Jeff Iorg elected to lead SBC Executive Committee

Jeff Iorg (Photo credit: Adam Covington)

Jeff Iorg elected to lead SBC Executive Committee

March 21, 2024

DOJ closes investigation of SBC; no charges filed

(Photo credit: The Baptist Paper)

DOJ closes investigation of SBC; no charges filed

March 7, 2024

Final claim dismissed
in Johnny Hunt lawsuit
NASHVILLE (BP) — A U.S. district court has once again sided with the Southern Baptist Convention and other defendants in a suit brought by former SBC President Johnny Hunt. Chief District Judge William L. Campbell Jr., of the Middle District of Tennessee issued today (August 12) a final summary judgment on the only remaining claim in the case. Hunt filed the suit against the SBC, its Executive Committee and Guidepost Solutions in March 2023, claiming defamation after he was named in a 2022 report from Guidepost that was based on an investigation into alleged mishandling of sexual abuse claims by the SBC EC. Campbell had dismissed all other claims in the suit on March 31, 2025. The lone remaining claim regarded a 2022 tweet by then-SBC President Bart Barber that mentioned Hunt, who considered the post defamatory. The court’s determination today hinged on whether Hunt was a public figure and whether the tweet was made with actual malice. Campbell decided Hunt was a public figure “during the relevant time” and that there was no evidence of malice.