Until its discovery in May at the archives in Groton, American Baptist officials worried the anti-slavery document had been ...

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.

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.