Volunteer Jennifer Cromack made the extraordinary discovery while trawling through 18th and 19th century journals which had ...

A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding ...

Southern Baptists narrowly vote against banning women pastors Southern Baptists narrowly rejected a proposal Wednesday to enshrine a ban on churches with women pastors in the denomination's ...

Delegates at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting have narrowly rejected a proposal to enshrine a ban on churches with women pastors in the denomination’s constitution. Oppo… ...

Opponents argued the amendment would have unintended consequences, including disproportionately affecting Black Southern Baptist congregations, which tend to have women on their pastoral staffs.

Southern Baptists ban female pastors, won't allow churches with women pastors to return From its towering white steeple and red-brick facade, to its Sunday services filled with rousing gospel ...

At 2023 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in June, several major decisions changed standards for affiliation between the denomination and churches in which women hold title of pastor ...

He noted that Black pastor Willie McLaurin, with experience as a Tennessee Baptist Mission Board staff member, has served as the committee’s interim president since early 2022.

Southern Baptists and their long struggle over race The Southern Baptist Convention, founded in 1845 in support of slaveholding missionaries, has long struggled with issues of race and its past.

Southern Baptists and their long struggle over race The Southern Baptist Convention, founded in 1845 in support of slaveholding missionaries, has long struggled with issues of race and its past.