This Week in The Baptist Report
Immunity for Trump, Biden slams SCOTUS, Stanley criticizes the SBC and says Christians can be Democrats, and 18 SBC churches make Outreach 100 list.
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Supreme Court rules that former President Trump is immune from prosecution for some of his alleged conduct while in office
Posted July 1
The Supreme Court ruled on July 1 in a 6-3 decision that former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution for some of his alleged conduct while in office. The decision is expected to bring more delays to the federal election interference case against him.
Biden slams SCOTUS ruling on presidential immunity/Trump during partisan primetime TV address; poll reveals political free fall
Posted July 2
In a primetime TV address Monday night, July 1, President Joe Biden attempted to shift the focus from his disastrous debate performance to Donald Trump, following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling granting broad immunity from prosecution to Trump and other presidents.
Stanley criticizes SBC for removing Saddleback Church; says women pastors remove obstacles for people to follow Jesus
Posted July 3
Georgia megachurch pastor Andy Stanley criticized the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) for disfellowshipping Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church at the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting for having a female teaching pastor during a sermon at North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Ga., Sunday, June 30.
Megachurch pastor Andy Stanley says in sermon that it’s OK for Christians to be Democrats
Posted July 4
In a June 30 sermon when Andy Stanley criticized the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) for disfellowshipping Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church, the Georgia megachurch pastor also took aim at conservative Christians who criticize Democrats and say that you can’t be both a Christian and a Democrat.
18 churches affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention on the annual Top 100 list of largest churches in America
Posted July 5
Eighteen Southern Baptist churches are listed among the Outreach 100 Fastest-Growing and Largest Churches in America for 2023 released jointly by Outreach magazine, Lifeway Research, and Hartford Institute for Religion Research.