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

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

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

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 ...

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

Southern Baptist delegates at their national meeting overwhelmingly endorsed prohibiting same-sex marriage - including ...

Lyell died June 7. She was 47. While she was working as an executive for Lifeway, the Southern Baptist publishing arm, Lyell ...

Jennifer Lyell uplifted others' stories in her Christian publishing career, and then her own story faced attacks. Her ...

Scenes from the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Dallas. The Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting is being ...

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

Convention resurrects proposed measure to enshrine a ban on women pastors, a debate the denomination seemingly resolved at the 2024 SBC annual meeting. The Southern Baptist Convention narrowly ...