NEW ORLEANS — On Tuesday, the Southern Baptist Convention reelected its current president for another term, voted on appeals from three churches disfellowshipped from the denomination, and passed six ...

The Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday ousted churches for having a woman pastor and over abuse-related reports, solidifying the recent trend for churches and their involuntary exit from the ...

Update 5 p.m. EDT June 14: Members of the Southern Baptist Convention on Wednesday approved an amendment to their constitution that says their churches must have “only men as any kind of pastor or ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A female pastor of a Kentucky Southern Baptist church leaves New Orleans, disappointed just moments after the Southern Baptist Convention voted to oust her church because of her ...

From its towering white steeple and red-brick facade to its Sunday services filled with rousing gospel hymns and evangelistic sermons, First Baptist Church of Alexandria, Virginia, bears many of the ...

It's a historic day for the 13-million-member Southern Baptist Church. Leaders attending the group’s annual convention in Indianapolis did not get the two-thirds majority vote they would have needed ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Southern Baptist Convention, meeting this week at the Morial Convention Center, has refused to welcome Saddleback Church back into its fold, rejecting an appeal by the ...

Southern Baptists narrowly rejected a proposal Wednesday to enshrine a ban on churches with women pastors in the denomination’s constitution after opponents argued it was unnecessary because the ...

Noah Lewis recalls a certain fire in the voice of Fred Luter Jr., the first time he heard him preach, perhaps a gift ...

In a few weeks, members of Southern Baptist churches from across the country will convene in Dallas for their annual convention. These gatherings, which attract thousands of people each year, offer a ...

A 33-year-old transplant from Northern California has ambitious goals for expanding the number of Southern Baptist Churches in Pima County, with eight new churches expected to open this year alone.