1+ week, 16+ hour ago  (369+ words) Earlier this week, Ryan Blackwell, teaching and executive pastor of Cross Church, was elected president and CEO of'Lifeway Christian Resources. Cross Church, located in Springdale, Arkansas, averages a weekly attendance of about 11, 000. Lifeway is an entity of the Southern Baptist…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (205+ words) Nevertheless, the SBC does have mechanisms for revoking "friendly cooperation" with churches that place convicted sex offenders in positions of spiritual authority." The Credentials Committee was commissioned in 2019 as a standing committee that investigates claims that churches are no longer…...