INDIANAPOLIS — The Southern Baptist Convention rejected Wednesday a constitutional ban on women pastors, a major victory for those within the nation's largest Protestant denomination seeking to ...
(AP) — 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 ...
We’ve seen a steady decline in both Christian identity and church attendance with each passing generation in the U.S. A stat that should concern all church leaders is that among ...
At their annual meeting in New Orleans this week, Southern Baptists doubled down on their crusade against female clergy. “Messengers” (delegates) of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination ...
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 ...
The nation’s largest Protestant denomination will make a big decision tomorrow. At its annual meeting, the Southern Baptist Convention will vote on a constitutional amendment that would essentially ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The woman pastor at the center of the Southern Baptist Convention's decision to oust Saddleback Church — the California megachurch ...
(RNS) — The expulsion of Saddleback Church and other congregations for having women pastors led to national headlines. It’s also prompted questions about thousands of other churches where women serve ...
The Southern Baptist Convention is preparing to vote on a proposed constitutional ban on churches with female pastors at the Protestant denomination's annual meeting Tuesday and Wednesday in ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Abyssinian Missionary Baptist Church will host an event to empower young women on Saturday. The Women's Empowerment Encounter will have workshops and vendors with Rev. Dr. Traci ...
NPR's Mary Louise talks to professor Beth Allison Barr about the Southern Baptist Convention’s planned vote this week on whether to expel churches where women are pastors. The nation's largest ...