The Southern Baptist Convention elected a president who questioned its abuse crisis. Survivors say they saw it coming.

The Southern Baptist Convention voted today in favor of a constitutional amendment to clarify and tighten its stance against ...

Thousands of Southern Baptists overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to advance a formal ban on women pastors in the nation’s ...

A contingent seeking to push the denomination to the right secured its first major victory through the election of Willy Rice ...

(RNS) — In a departure from resolutions dating to 2006, the SBC’s new statement does not mention a path to legal status for ...

In recent years, a majority of representatives voted to ban women pastors, but the measure failed.

This year, an amendment proposed by Albert Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, would exclude any church that acts “to affirm, appoint, or endorse a woman serving in the ...

The amendment passed easily at the denomination’s annual gathering. It needs approval again next year to enter the ...

The vote is the first step toward banning women from teaching scripture or preaching to churches within the nation's largest ...

(RNS) — The proposed ban on churches with women pastors or those that allow women to preach was approved by three-quarters of ...

Every time I hear the phrase “moderate Baptist,” I wonder whether we have confused being less conservative with being ...

I hope to offer a theological rationale for purple churches and moderate Baptists and provide a critique of progressive ...