Churches are now allowed to endorse political candidates. They should resist the temptation.

The Southern Baptist Convention will vote on a constitutional ban on churches with women pastors. It already kicked out Saddleback Church of California.

Other Black pastors who have cut ties include the Rev. Seth Martin, whose multiracial Brook Community Church in Minneapolis had been receiving financial support from the Southern Baptist ...

Dwight McKissic, pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church, speaks during services in Arlington, Texas, on Sunday, June 6, 2021. One of the Southern Baptist Convention’s most prominent Black pastors ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) — ‘I want to encourage you before you do anything, seek the will of God,’ said the Rev. Marshal Ausberry Sr. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) — The Rev. Marshal Ausberry Sr ...

Martin's break with the Southern Baptists reflects the broader backlash sparked by the Nov. 30 statement in a denomination with nearly 15 million members and 47,000 churches, including about 100 ...

After the Charleston church fire 174 years ago, many Southern states outlawed Black churches. In the states that allowed them, restrictions were put in place to keep Black churches under control.

Many predominantly Black churches have men as lead pastors but assign pastor titles to women in other areas, ... Soon Southern Baptist churches will start openly supporting homosexual clergy, ...

Southern Baptists meeting this week in Dallas will be asked to approve resolutions calling for a legal ban on pornography and a reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court’s approval of same-sex marriage.

The Southern Baptist Convention expelled a rural Oklahoma church from its membership Tuesday after resurfaced pictures and video show its pastor impersonating late singer Ray Charles in blackface ...

Southern Baptists are poised to ban churches with women pastors. Some are urging them to reconsider by PETER SMITH, Associated Press - 06/06/24 8:32 AM ET ...