Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister who played an important role in the American Civil Rights Movement. According to History.com, “King sought equality and human rights for African Americans ...

Last week, the Southern Baptist Convention, which represents the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S., voted to approve a resolution laying out the ethical implications of in vitro ...

Susan M. Shaw does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Only "qualified men" can be leaders of Southern Baptist Churches. While the Southern Baptist Convention rejected an all-out constitutional ban on women pastors Wednesday at its convention in ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Southern Baptists narrowly rejected a proposal Wednesday to enshrine a ban on churches with women pastors in the denomination’s constitution after opponents argued it was ...

Southern Baptists narrowly rejected a proposal Wednesday to enshrine a ban on churches with women pastors in the denomination’s constitution after opponents argued it was unnecessary because the ...

With almost 13 million church members across the United States, the Southern Baptist Convention has long been a bellwether for American evangelicalism. By Ruth Graham Reporting from the Southern ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Southern Baptists on Wednesday condemned the use of in vitro fertilization in a proclamation that will add to the intense debates over reproductive rights raging across the U.S ...

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 ...

Fergus’ book, Against Toleration: Britain’s Persecution of the Spiritual Baptists, detailing the manner in which Spiritual Baptist prohibition laws were given validity throughout the Caribbean ...

You only need a heart..." ("The Drum Major Instinct," Ebenezer Baptist Church) "Somewhere we must come to see that human progress never rolls in on the wheels of inevitability. It comes through ...

By Ruth Graham Ruth Graham writes about faith and values, and has written extensively about the Southern Baptist Convention. For six months, almost no one took notice of the brief filed quietly by ...