Southern Baptist trustees back agency president but warn against needless controversy
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Less than two months after the Southern Baptists’ policy arm issued an embar...
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Crews begin demolishing Texas church where gunman killed more than two dozen in 2017
SUTHERLAND SPRING, Texas (AP) — Crews started Monday to tear down a Texas church where a gunman kill...
As a scholar, he’s charted the decline in religion. Now the church he pastors is closing its doors
They plan to gather one last time on Sunday — the handful of mostly elderly members of First Baptist...
Alarmed by embryo destruction, Southern Baptists urge caution on IVF by couples and government
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Southern Baptist delegates expressed alarm Wednesday over the way in vitro ferti...
Southern Baptists to decide whether to formally ban churches with women pastors
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Southern Baptists already can kick out churches that believe women can serve as ...
Southern Baptists are poised to ban churches with women pastors. Some are urging them to reconsider
From its towering white steeple and red-brick facade to its Sunday services filled with rousing gosp...
He feared coming out. Now this pastor wants to help Black churches become as welcoming as his own
It was daunting when the Rev. Brandon Thomas Crowley, at age 22, replaced a beloved pastor who had m...
Influential Detroit pastor the Rev. Charles Gilchrist Adams dies at age 86
DETROIT (AP) — Influential longtime Detroit pastor the Rev. Charles Gilchrist Adams has died followi...
Church parking near stadiums scores big in a win-win for faith congregations and sports fans
CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — The Eagles and the NFL might still be the sports favorites at Calvary Baptist Ch...
Southern Baptists expel Oklahoma church after pastor defends his blackface and Native caricatures
The Southern Baptist Convention has ousted an Oklahoma church whose pastor defended his blackface pe...