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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

NASHVILLE (BP and local reports) – A pastor says his Missouri Baptist Convention church will no longer partner with a popular independent camp due to…

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

Sex abuse investigation on track; cost tops $1.7M

Sex abuse investigation on track; cost tops $1.7M

April 27, 2022

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.