The Liturgy Collective Gathering aims to offer a reprieve to the leaders responsible for filling the soundtracks of our services.

She will become the first contemporary Christian artist to receive the annual award, given to recognize her place as the “Queen of Christian pop.”

More change needed, survivors say, but new lawyers bring signs of hope.

Investigation: SBC Executive Committee staff saw advocates’ cries for help as a distraction from evangelism and a legal liability, stonewalling their reports and resisting calls for reform.

The Executive Committee is meeting for the first time since the contentious decision to turn over privileged documents in an ongoing abuse investigation.

Executive Committee decision comes after weeks of heated debate and division.

More leaders and state conventions are putting pressure on the Executive Committee ahead of this week’s meeting.

Leaders are still debating whether to hand over privileged materials as survivors and the majority of their own denomination have requested.

Pastors speaking on behalf of victims pushed for a task force to direct inquiry into the Executive Committee.

The Alabama pastor, known for his inclusion of women and work on racial justice, beat out Mike Stone of the Conservative Baptist Network in a runoff.