In the midst of heated debates about female pastors and the morality of in vitro fertilization, the national Southern Baptist Convention recently passed a religious liberty resolution that — in terms ...

A worship session at the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting on June 10, 2025, in Dallas. AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez The Southern Baptist Convention has lost 3.6 million members over ...

The recently passed 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) contains several noteworthy Southern Baptist policy ...

(RNS) — Meeting in Nashville, leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee look for a way past the denomination’s current woes. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) — The fall meeting of the ...

There ought to be but three Christian denominations in the world,” an Episcopal bishop once said. ‘The Roman Catholics standing on one side for the authority of the church, and the Baptists standing ...

NPR's Mary Louise talks to professor Beth Allison Barr about the Southern Baptist Convention’s planned vote this week on whether to expel churches where women are pastors. The nation's largest ...

Leaders say “due to history and language” churches use the term for non-ordained ministers and women. The title of pastor is used for women in Chinese Southern Baptist churches because of language, ...

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, was founded 164 years ago by four men who all owned enslaved people. But unlike other institutions of higher education, including ...

The nation’s largest Protestant denomination will make a big decision tomorrow. At its annual meeting, the Southern Baptist Convention will vote on a constitutional amendment that would essentially ...