The matter has tested the denomination’s commitment to church autonomy as some churches embrace more egalitarian views about ...

But on Wednesday, the SBC once again failed to approve the ban on female pastors. For the second year in a row, 61 percent of ...

More than 10,000 local church messengers are expected at the SBC's annual meeting in Dallas next week — where they'll debate ...

Southern Baptists seemingly resolved fights over women pastors ban and public policy arm at 2024 SBC annual meeting, but they ...

A constitutional ban on women pastors and a proposal to abolish a public policy agency accused of compromising with leftists ...

Southern Baptist representatives have fended off two efforts to move the staunchly conservative body even more sharply to the ...

The Southern Baptist Convention voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to uphold earlier decisions to expel two churches because they have women pastors. The decision came during the group's annual ...

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 ...

argued against keeping Saddleback and Fern Creek within the Southern Baptist fold. He said the idea of women pastors “is an issue of fundamental biblical authority that does violate both the ...

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 ...

And is using the term “minister” — often seen as a synonym for pastor — for women staffers also a violation of Southern Baptist doctrine? Answering that question is not simple, in part ...