Steven Smith to resign as lead pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock
Immanuel Baptist Church Lead Pastor Steven Smith, whose handling of child sex abuse accusations had drawn sharp criticism from some of its members, announced l…
Immanuel Baptist Church Lead Pastor Steven Smith, whose handling of child sex abuse accusations had drawn sharp criticism from some of its members, announced l…
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With hundreds of members leaving and scores of volunteers severing ties amid criticism of the pastor’s handling of sexual abuse cases, Little Rock’s Immanuel B…
Construction is continuing on a new seminary building at the high-security Varner Unit in Lincoln County, southeast of Pine Bluff.
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A documentary about the Southern Baptist Convention had its premiere at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, Mont., last month and will be availa…
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More than 3,000 Arkansans gathered at North Little Rock's Simmons Bank Arena on Tuesday to hear University of Toronto emeritus professor Jordan B. Peterson on …
Immanuel Baptist Church Lead Pastor Steven Smith received a vote of confidence from the board of deacons Sunday evening, with 59% supporting him and 41% opposi…
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Attendance at Immanuel Baptist Church is down sharply and concerns about the congregation's future are widespread as the church remains divided over the leader…
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At least four Immanuel Baptist Church members have resigned from the deacons board since a Sunday night meeting and those remaining have been told to stand beh…
Immanuel Baptist Church’s board of deacons met Sunday evening and voted to temporarily table a resolution of no confidence in Lead Pastor Steven Smith, accordi…
Two Immanuel Baptist Church members say they have filed complaints with the credentials committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, arguing that the Little R…
When Immanuel Baptist Church's deacons meet on Sunday, some of them will seek a vote on the leadership of Lead Pastor Steven Smith, they told the Arkansas Demo…
The Alzheimer's Association Arkansas chapter has organized what it's calling a Faith Outreach Education Series, designed to help members of religious communiti…
Two men are suing First Baptist Church in Benton as well as national Southern Baptist entities, saying the organizations failed to protect them from a sexual p…
A former Immanuel Baptist Church ministry employee who was accused of sexually abusing an elementary school-age child and received a suspended jail sentence as…
Immanuel Baptist Church Lead Pastor Steven Smith said he will attend a court hearing Thursday to show support for a teenager who accused a former staff member …
Members of a committee charged with investigating Immanuel Baptist Church's handling of child sex abuse allegations have been asked to sign a sweeping nondiscl…
Immanuel Baptist Church Lead Pastor Steven Smith on Friday called for an independent, third-party investigation into the congregation's handling of sex abuse a…
Immanuel Baptist Church Lead Pastor Steven Smith, who has apologized for failing to inform his Little Rock congregation about child sex abuse accusations, told…
The administrator helping to oversee Immanuel Baptist Church's handling of child sexual abuse accusations is stepping down later this month after nearly six ye…
The lead pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock told his congregation Sunday that a committee created last month to examine the church's handling of …
A member of the Immanuel Baptist Church board of deacons told his fellow deacons Thursday that Lead Pastor Steven Smith lacks integrity and needs to depart for…
John Toga Wea Harmon, who embraced the gospel as a child in southeastern Liberia, received Saturday a bishop's staff, ring and miter during a ceremony that dre…
John Toga Wea Harmon, a priest from the diocese of Washington, D.C., will be ordained and consecrated today as a bishop in Christ's One Holy Catholic and Apost…
Southern Baptists fighting to combat child sex abuse in churches say they're concerned by what's come to light at Little Rock's Immanuel Baptist Church in rece…
When a former associate pastor at Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock was arrested on a charge of sexual assault in 2018, some members of the church were qu…
Southern Baptists fighting to combat child sex abuse in churches say they're concerned by what's come to light at Little Rock's Immanuel Baptist Church in rece…
Immanuel Baptist Church selected Fayetteville attorney Travis Story last month to help with its new Child Safety and Sexual Abuse Prevention program, a member …
Immanuel Baptist Church Pastor Steven Smith, who has faced criticism over his handling of accusations involving the abuse or mistreatment of minors, and Midwes…
Arkansas Baptist State Convention President Brad Lewter expressed concerns Tuesday about Immanuel Baptist Church's handling of sex abuse accusations and its re…
When Immanuel Baptist Church's board of deacons met Sunday to discuss Lead Pastor Steven Smith's handling of child sex abuse accusations, three deacons with re…
If the members want him to step aside, Immanuel Baptist Church Lead Pastor Steven Smith told them Sunday he is prepared to do so, saying he and his wife "conti…
About four months before Patrick Stephen Miller's arrest on a charge accusing him of sexually assaulting a child at a Southern Baptist church in Little Rock, M…
Months before Immanuel Baptist Church Lead Pastor Steven Smith apologized to his congregation for failing to tell them about an accusation that a former minist…
Immanuel Baptist Church Pastor Steve Smith ignored Southern Baptist-recommended guidance by failing to tell his Little Rock congregation when Patrick Stephen M…
Immanuel Baptist Church Pastor Steven Smith, reading from a prepared statement, apologized Sunday morning to members for failing to inform them about an accusa…
A former Immanuel Baptist Church ministry employee who was accused of sexually abusing an elementary school-age child and received a suspended jail sentence as…
There'll be plenty of candle wax, candy and citrus at St. Mark's Episcopal Church on Dec. 17 as its members gather for a service to celebrate the season and ma…
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Four years after its incorporation, the Conway-based National Association of Christian Lawmakers is growing and gathering national attention.