CHURCHLEADERS:
6:53 pm: Ed Litton, pastor of Redemption Church in Saraland, Alabama, has been named the next SBC President. Litton received 6,834 of the 13,131 votes cast, resulting in 52.04 percent of the vote. Mike Stone received 6,278 votes, falling short at 47.81 percent of the total vote.
6:30 pm: The messengers overwhelmingly passed Resolution 5: On Abuse and Pastoral Qualifications. This resolution states that anyone who committed sexual abuse is “permanently disqualified from holding the office of pastor…all affiliated churches apply this standard to all positions of church leadership.”
5:07 pm: A motion was made to remove Saddleback Church, which is one of the largest churches in the SBC and the church Rick Warren founded and pastors, because they recently ordained three women as pastors.
Live Updates: 2021 Annual Meeting of Southern Baptist Convention
