Heath Lambert, pastor of First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Fla., said he may propose a new name for the Southern Baptist Convention when it meets in Orlando this June. His suggestion? Baptists ...
DALLAS — The Southern Baptist Convention on Wednesday again spurned a constitutional ban on female pastors as the prohibition's proponents failed to move the needle on a contentious issue that has ...
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 ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — More than 10,000 voting representatives gathered Tuesday for the opening of the Southern Baptist Convention's two-day annual meeting, where they will vote on whether to ban ...
Last week, the Southern Baptist Convention voted during a plenary session to disfellowship six of its nearly 50,000 member churches. One was ousted due to its “lack of intent to cooperate in resolving ...
Pastor Emmanuel Iren questioned married women who use their pastors' pictures as display pictures, saying pastors should not ...