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 ...

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

The Southern Baptist Convention rejected Wednesday a constitutional ban on women pastors, a major victory for those within ...

The issue of women staffers who have the title of pastor in SBC churches has been up for debate repeatedly in recent years.

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 ...

Leaders of the nation’s most powerful evangelical church try to cast women out of the ministry, igniting struggles over power, faith, and the church’s future in Daniel Lombroso’s short ...

Southern Baptists meeting this week in Dallas will be asked to approve resolutions calling for a legal ban on pornography and ...

DALLAS (AP) — Southern Baptists overwhelmingly endorsed a ban on gay marriage — including a call for a reversal of the U.S.