Baptist churches led by women face vote. Meeting to take up question of ban; doctrine says pastoral post reserved for men. June 7, 2024 at 4:19 a.m.

When more than 12,000 Southern Baptist messengers gather in New Orleans on Tuesday and Wednesday for the 2023 annual meeting they will tackle a host of issues that some say will shape the ...

In June, the SBC upheld the ouster of Fern Creek Baptist Church in Kentucky and Saddleback Church in California for having women pastors. At its state convention meeting this month, Kentucky ...

Following scandals of abuse and misconduct in 2018, Southern Baptist Convention leaders showed support for women in leadership. Subsequently, more women chair SBC committees and trustee boards.

Why do millions of women belong to religious groups like the Southern Baptist Convention that do not treat them as equal to men or allow them to have full control of their bodies? For many, it’s ...

Moves this week to oust women from church leadership in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination offer an early look into the psyche of evangelical America ahead of 2024.

God’s whisper to women. Female Baptist pastors share stories of women called to ministry in ‘When God Whispered My Name’ January 28, 2023 at 2:54 a.m.