The ninth-most-read Baptist Press story in 2024 was the announcement that Jeff Iorg was going to be nominated to lead the SBC Executive Committee.
NASHVILLE (BP) — In 2024, the Baptist Press stories you read most focused on transition and speculation. Stories related to the leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) take three of the spots in our top 12 most read stories. Jeff Iorg’s nomination to lead the SBC Executive Committee (EC) and Tennessee pastor Steve Gaines’ decision to begin a transition out of pastoral ministry also made the list. In June, Southern Baptists narrowly voted down the so-called Law Amendment. That story came in at No. 6.
Here are the top 12 most read Baptist Press stories in 2024:
- Tony Evans ceases pastoral ministry ‘due to sin,’ enters ‘time of spiritual recovery and healing’
- Leatherwood removed as ERLC president
- Fire engulfs historic sanctuary at FBC Dallas
- Leatherwood to remain ERLC president
- Junior Hill country preacher embraced by SBC dies
- Law Amendment falls short in Indy
- Aaron Ivey, pastor and husband of podcaster Jamie Ivey, accused of ‘indecent’ texts with males
- Smith resigns from ERLC board, issues apology for removal of Leatherwood ‘without a formal vote’
- Jeff Iorg to be nominated to lead SBC Executive Committee
- Fastest-growing Southern Baptist congregation seeks to be ‘church of disciple-makers’
- Steve Gaines to transition out of pastoral ministry
- Orange founder, CEO both resign amid scandal
