“To me it said we’re welcoming women to be leaders in the denomination,” said Litton, reflecting on her election to registration secretary at the 2019 SBC annual meeting. “There certainly was ...

The Southern Baptist Convention rejected a proposal that would explicitly state that only men could be pastors. Does that mean that the SBC is changing and becoming more accepting of women in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 of the ...

There are roughly 500 Southern Baptist churches in the Pacific Northwest, accounting for more than 44,000 members. At its annual meeting last month, the Southern Baptist Convention considered an ...

Southern Baptists narrowly rejected a proposal Wednesday to enshrine a ban on churches with women pastors in the denomination's constitution after opponents argued it was unnecessary because the ...

A proposed amendment to the Southern Baptist Convention's constitution aims to prohibit churches with women pastors. This amendment follows a dispute initiated by a Virginia pastor who challenged the ...

SBC gathered in Indianapolis for its two-day annual meeting June 11-12 to decide on major legislation dealing with women pastors and standards of cooperation, in vitro fertilization and abuse reform.

Thousands will gather in Indianapolis June 11-12 for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. The meeting comes at a fraught time in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.

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 ...