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SBC sexual abuse investigation complete; report submitted

SEX ABUSE INVESTIGATION — Julie Myers Wood, chief executive officer of Guidepost Solutions, explains details of how the company will investigate allegations of mishandling of sexual abuse complaints by the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee to the committee’s trustees during a September 2021 meeting in Nashville. (Photo credit: The Baptist Paper)

SBC sexual abuse investigation complete; report submitted

May 16, 2022

NASHVILLE (The Baptist Paper and local reports) — Guidepost Solutions, the independent firm contracted to investigate alleged mishandling of sexual abuse complaints by the Southern…

Church withdrawing from scandal-ridden camp

CANCELLED: First Church, West Plains, Mo., has cancelled all activities with Kanakuk Kamps after a staff counselor, Peter Newman, was convicted of sexual abuse of campers and is serving two life sentences plus 30 years. The church previously hosted a Kanakuk day camp called Kampout! in the church parking lot. (Photo credit: Baptist Press)

Church withdrawing from scandal-ridden camp

May 13, 2022

U.S. Senate again fails to federalize abortion

Senate wing of U.S. Capital, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Senate again fails to federalize abortion

May 12, 2022

McKeever donates career materials to New Orleans Seminary

McKeever

McKeever donates career materials to New Orleans Seminary

May 11, 2022

Wall Street Journal calls for overturning Roe v. Wade in Mississippi case before U.S. Supreme Court

DECISION COMING — The U. S. Supreme Court, shown here in a file photo that does not include the latest appointment of Ketanji Brown Jackson by U.S. President Joe Biden (D) to replace the retiring Stephen Breyer (front row, second from right), is expected to rule on Mississippi’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization appeal by this summer. Because the Brown Jackson appointment came after oral arguments in the case were made on Dec. 1 of last year, she will not participate in the court’s ruling. (Photo credit: Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States)

Wall Street Journal calls for overturning Roe v. Wade in Mississippi case before U.S. Supreme Court

April 28, 2022

Kentucky Baptist DR
provides hot meals for first
responders to UPS plane crash
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief responded quickly to the tragic UPS plane crash Tuesday at Louisville’s international airport. KYDR volunteers prepared 350 hot meals for first responders who came to the scene. KYDR Director Ron Crow reached out to state and local emergency management officials for ways it could assist in the aftermath of the horrific plane crash. Disaster Relief was asked to prepare meals for the command post. That was at 8:15 p.m., less than two hours after the crash. Within minutes, KYDR had secured the necessary volunteers, and Crow rushed to Walmart to purchase enough food for 350 meals. In another spirit of cooperation, Parkland Baptist opened its doors and allowed KYDR to use its kitchen and facility to prepare the meals. “We are thankful for Chris Heading and Susan Althaus for opening their church and kitchen for this response,” Crow said. The Salvation Army, a longtime partner with KYDR, delivered the meals to the command post. “Before midnight, our team had 350 hot meals, hot coffee and water loaded on the way to the command post,” Crow said. “Less than four hours from call to food out the door. This is totally incredible.”