(RNS) — The Southern Baptist Convention’s credentials committee had a problem. It had been asked to determine whether or not to expel one of the denomination’s largest churches for violating the SBC’s ...

(RNS) — The issue of women staffers who have the title of pastor in SBC churches has been up for debate repeatedly in recent years. DALLAS (RNS) — For the second year in a row, a move to bar churches ...

NewSpring Church, based in Anderson, South Carolina and considered the largest church in the state, voluntarily left the Southern Baptist Convention due to debate about women pastors. Southern ...

Beth Allison Barr challenges the narrative that women have never exercised church authority. In 2021, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary president Albert Mohler reaffirmed his denomination’s stance ...

A California pastor is on a mission to hold the biggest mass baptism in world history. Mark Francey of Oceans Church in San Juan Capistrano, California, is gearing up for Baptize America, a one-day ...

Like other Southern Baptists, Juan Sanchez, pastor of High Pointe Baptist Church in Austin, claimed he wanted to clarify what the denomination's statement of faith already says about women pastors.

Having a woman as pastor is always a big deal, Atkins said. The first woman bishop in the AME Church, Vashti Murphy McKenzie, is the person who introduced her to the denomination. “That means to me ...

PINEVILLE, LA — Journey Church has reached a remarkable milestone: 100 baptisms in just the first four months of 2025—a record-breaking pace in the church’s history. A major highlight came on Easter ...

“We Never Saw Anything Like This,” Said Pastor and Evangelist Greg Laurie. NEWPORT BEACH, CA / ACCESS Newswire / August 18, 2025 / Harvest Ministries, led by pastor and evangelist Greg Laurie, ...

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - On Sunday, nearly 100 people received a restart of their faith, as Mosaic Church’s Beach Baptism took over a portion of Front Beach. One after another, bodies were ...