Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Southern Baptist Convention disfellowshipped an Oklahoma church in which the congregation’s white pastor wore blackface. The ...

Mary Cady Bolin is a pastor and writer in Nashville. When the report on the sexual abuse and subsequent coverup within the Southern Baptist Convention came to light, I, like many others, was shocked ...

Lambert noted that in 2012, after discussions of whether to drop the regional part of the name, “Southern,” since the ...

Saddleback Church plans to appeal its ouster from the Southern Baptist Convention following a decision by denomination leaders to disfellowship the church for having a woman in a senior pastor role.

(RNS) — A letter from the president of the SBC's National African American Fellowship expressed concerns over recent SBC decisions to bar churches with women pastors. (RNS) — Earlier this year, ...

Five years ago, our messengers pledged to take substantive action to end sexual abuse in our churches. We cannot let another year pass with that promise unfulfilled. Just over five years ago, a fire ...

COVINGTON, Ky. — An independent investigation report released Sunday alleges the Southern Baptist Convention mishandled allegations of sexual abuse made against ministers, protected the abusers and ...

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Saddleback Church, the California megachurch kicked out of the Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday over its decision to install a woman as a teaching pastor, is expected to appeal the expulsion ...

(RNS) — Ascol has long argued Southern Baptist churches are filled with people who believe they are Christians but really aren't — a belief shaped by growing up with an abusive father who was also a ...

“Whenever the church gets in bed with politics, the church gets pregnant. And our offspring does not look like our Father in Heaven.” - J.D. Greear, Southern Baptist Convention President, June 15, ...

SBC Executive Committee gathered in Nashville on Sept. 18-19 for key meeting. SBC Executive Committee approves recommendation to disfellowship Matoaka Baptist Church in Bartlesville, Oklahoma after ...