Southwestern Seminary Faces 12-Month Probation, Holds Onto Accreditation

Southwestern Seminary Faces 12-Month Probation, Holds Onto Accreditation

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, has been placed on a 12-month probation. Despite this, it will continue to be accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) through June 2026 as it works to recover from a financial crisis.
  • CHF Launches New Food Volunteer Center in North Texas Aimed at Helping Children
    Children’s Hunger Fund (CHF), headquartered in California, broke ground last month on a new facility in Prosper, approximately 25 miles north of Dallas, with the goal of distributing an estimated 100 million meals to local children living in poverty. 
  • Kevin DeYoung to Lead PCA General Assembly as Elected Moderator
    Kevin DeYoung, senior pastor of Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, North Carolina and council member of The Gospel Coalition, has been elected the moderator of The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) General Assembly. DeYoung was elected Tuesday evening during the PCA General Assembly, which is currently taking place this week in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

USCIRF Urges U.S. to Designate Nigeria as Country of Particular Concern

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has once again urged the U.S. State Department to designate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) due to severe and ongoing violations of religious freedom. This call follows a devastating attack on June 13, when militants from the Fulani community slaughtered 200 internally displaced Christians in Yelewata, Benue.
  • SBC Rejects Willy Rice's Motion to Abolish the ERLC
    The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) voted against a motion to abolish the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) during its annual meeting in Dallas, Texas. The decision came after a debate, with 3,744 out of 6,581 ballots cast voting to keep the ERLC, representing 56.89% of the vote, while 2,819 votes, or 42.84%, supported abolition. Eighteen ballots were disallowed. Under SBC bylaws, eliminating an SBC entity requires a majority vote at two consecutive annual meetings. 
  • Clint Pressley Reelected as SBC President, Defeats Protestia's David Morrill
    Clint Pressley has been reappointed as President of the Southern Baptist Convention for a second term. At the SBC Annual Meeting held in Dallas, Texas, Pressley secured his victory on the first ballot with 5,567 votes, amounting to 92.64% of the votes cast. Protestia publisher David Morrill received 408 votes, accounting for 6.79% of the vote. Pressley, the senior pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, was initially elected at last year's SBC Annual Meeting in India
  • PCUSA's New Ordination Standards Raise Concerns Over Control and Exclusion
    The Presbyterian Church (USA) has recently completed the final step in approving an amendment to its Book of Order that introduces questioning of clergy candidates regarding their views on LGBT ideology. Known as Amendment 24-C, this change was part of the Olympia Overture, which aimed to modify G-2.0104b to include inquiries about sexual orientation and gender identity. The amendment secured a majority last month and is scheduled to take effect on July 4.
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  • Supreme Court Rules Wisconsin Cannot Deny Catholic Charity's Tax Exemption

    The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that Wisconsin officials cannot deny a religious tax exemption to Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc., because they considered its services secular. The Court's decision, released Thursday, in the case of Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor Review Commission et al., focused on whether a Christian charity can be exempted from an unemployment insurance program despite its services being deemed nonreligious.

  • Johnnie Moore Named Executive Chairman of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

    The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to delivering large-scale humanitarian aid to Gaza’s civilian population, has appointed the Rev. Johnnie Moore as its new executive chairman. U.S. Evangelical leader Moore is a pro-Israel advocate and has spoken out against Hamas repeatedly over the years.

  • Franklin Graham Meets with Zelensky, Prays for the War to End

    At the European Congress on Evangelism in Berlin, evangelist Franklin Graham shared that he had met earlier that day with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to pray for peace amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The congress, organized by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association which Graham leads, assembled around 1,000 evangelical leaders from 56 countries to focus on proclamation evangelism.

  • Report Indicates PCUSA Membership Could Fall Below 1 Million by 2025

    Presbyterian Church (USA), the largest Presbyterian denomination in the United States, may fall below 1 million members by the end of the year, as reported in a recent study. The PC(USA) Interim Unified Agency published its annual report on church statistics, revealing that the denomination lost nearly 49,000 members in 2024, decreasing from approximately 1.094 million members in 2023 to about 1.045 million last year.

  • Franklin Graham Emphasizes Vital Role of Young Evangelists in Sharing Gospel

    Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, emphasized the importance of encouraging young evangelists to share the gospel of Jesus Christ. He made these remarks ahead of the four-day European Congress on Evangelism, during a press conference on May 27 at the JW Marriott Hotel in Berlin, Germany.

  • Record $37 million Fine Against Grand Canyon University Rescinded by Dept. of Education

    The U.S. Department of Education (ED) dismissed with prejudice an unprecedented $37.7 million fine against the largest Christian university, Grand Canyon University (GCU) in the United States after a prolonged legal dispute. Based in Phoenix, Arizona, GCU was cleared of any wrongdoing by a Joint Stipulation of Dismissal order issued by ED’s Office of Hearings and Appeals, which stated “‘there are no findings against GCU, or any of its employees, officers, agents, or contractors, and no fine is i

  • Christian Concern Criticizes Church of England for 'Woke Indoctrination' in School Guidance

    Christian Concern has accused the Church of England of promoting “woke indoctrination” through its newly revised anti-bullying guidance for schools, claiming it replaces biblical principles with progressive ideology. The UK-based Christian rights organization criticized the updated guidance, titled Flourishing for All, which was released last month and applies to Church of England schools, calling it an unbiblical “apologetic for woke indoctrination.”

  • WEA Governance & Leadership Under Suspicion in Revealed Whistleblower Documents

    A series of whistleblower documents raising significant concerns about the leadership and governance of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) has revealed. The three documents were published in both English and Korean on April 29 by the Christian Council of Korea (CCK), previously a national member body of the WEA.
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