Posts published in “SBC”

Supreme Court upholds Tennessee law banning gender transition treatment for minors

Supreme Court upholds Tennessee law banning gender transition treatment for minors

June 19, 2025

WASHINGTON (BP) — In a historic decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday (June 18) that a Tennessee law banning gender transition medical treatments for…

MS volunteers ensure integrity of Southern Baptist Convention voting process

David Haynes, pastor of First Church, Senatobia, and his wife, April, served on the Tellers Committee during the Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas June 10 – 11.

MS volunteers ensure integrity of Southern Baptist Convention voting process

June 17, 2025

MS volunteers help Southern Baptist Convention run smoothly

Jonathan Greer (center, sitting), pastor of Franklin Creek Church in Moss Point, volunteers at the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention's registration help desk in Dallas. (Photo credit: Tanner Cade)

MS volunteers help Southern Baptist Convention run smoothly

June 16, 2025

Effort to compel greater SBC transparency fails

Adam Wyatt, pastor of Bethel Church, Monticello, was elected Vice-Chairman of the SBC Executive Committee at the convention, and also served as chair of the Committee on Convention Finances and Stewardship Development. (Photo credit: Tanner Cade)

Effort to compel greater SBC transparency fails

June 13, 2025

ERLC survives, Constitutional Amendment fails as messengers submit 28 motions

Messengers vote during the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas. (Photo credit: Tanner Cade)

ERLC survives, Constitutional Amendment fails as messengers submit 28 motions

June 12, 2025

Trump, pro-life leaders at
odds in recent developments
NASHVILLE (BP) — The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission released a letter 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. Trump’s terms in the White House have been consequential for the pro-life movement, to say the least. Shortly after taking office last year, he enforced the Hyde Amendment, which prevents federal funding of abortions. He reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy. Perhaps most of all, the appointment of three pro-life Supreme Court justices in his first term led to the overturning of Roe v Wade. Last week, however, the president said conservative Republicans need to be “flexible” regarding Hyde during across-the-aisle negotiations over health care. Hyde has factored in debates on Affordable Care Act subsidies that expired last year. Conservatives, of course, didn’t like the idea, which led the White House to walk back the president’s comments. The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved another generic abortion drug last fall. Chemical abortions account for 63 percent of all abortions, per a 2023 study by the Guttmacher Institute. This week, it was revealed that the Department of Health and Human Services quietly released tens of millions of dollars to Planned Parenthood through Title X that had been withheld since last spring as part of a move by lawmakers to defund abortion providers for at least one year. Trump told reporters he was unaware of those disbursements. Hollingsworth described the Hyde Amendment as “not up for debate.”