The temperature neared triple digits when thousands of Southern Baptists arrived in Phoenix recently for their annual convention ... a handful of Christian political operatives excusing immorality ...

U.S. Department of Justice began investigating the Nashville-based Southern Baptist Convention following third-party report on abuse, cover-up and neglect in nation's largest Protestant denomination.

In fall 2024, Megan Lively said, she heard from the FBI agent leading an investigation of the Southern Baptist Convention that the matter was going full steam ahead. "She made it seem like there ...