(RNS) — Confusion over the status of a DOJ investigation into the SBC has strained already tense relationships between abuse survivors and the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. (RNS) — Last ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There were 259,824 fewer members in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination in 2024 and 30 fewer churches. For the Southern ...

(RNS) — Paul Pressler, who died this month at the age of 94, served for decades as a state judge in Texas, but among Southern Baptists he will be remembered for two other things. First, in tandem with ...

A motion to abolish the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission was introduced at the SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas, amid debate over the future of the convention's policy arm. Pastor Willy Rice ...

Following scandals of abuse and misconduct in 2018, Southern Baptist Convention leaders showed support for women in leadership. Subsequently, more women chair SBC committees and trustee boards. Push ...

No, corrected the SBC media relations director, the SBC had not disfellowshipped Saddleback Church over its 2021 ordination of three women pastors, but rather due to the fact that senior pastor Andy ...

There were 259,824 fewer members in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination in 2024 and 30 fewer churches. For the Southern Baptist Convention, it marks the latest in a now-predictable trend of ...