There ought to be but three Christian denominations in the world,” an Episcopal bishop once said. ‘The Roman Catholics standing on one side for the authority of the church, and the Baptists standing ...
Early on April 4 morning, the following message appeared on the Twitter account of the Rev. Raphael Warnock, the newly elected U.S. senator from Georgia: “The meaning of Easter is more transcendent ...
(RNS) — Southern Baptists, after lengthy debate Wednesday (June 14), voted on new language for their constitution that would state only men can be pastors of the nation’s largest Protestant ...
The Southern Baptist Convention is expected to elect its first black president on Tuesday: Fred Luter, a former street preacher who turned a dying New Orleans church into a powerhouse. His election is ...
Marriage has been in the Christian spotlight this October. The month began with Pope Francis bringing together 250 Catholic leaders to discuss marriage and the family at the Extraordinary Synod of the ...
The Alliance Churches that THRIVE for Racial Justice will begin a $2 million project supported by the Lilly Endowment ...
For several years, membership in Southern Baptist churches has been in decline. The American denomination hit its peak in 2005 with 16.6 million members, and since then, communities have seen a steady ...
Wednesday’s vote was not a ban on in vitro fertilization. But it suggested that ordinary evangelicals are increasingly open to seeing embryos as people. By Jacey Fortin and Ruth Graham Southern ...
Southern Baptists looked back 100 years to commemorate the adoption of their unified giving plan and their statement of faith ...
Southern Baptists, whose faith includes over 12 million members in the US, have endorsed a ban to end same-sex marriage in America. The moment marks the first time the group has officially opposed the ...
ANAHEIM, California — The Southern Baptist Convention voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to create a way to track pastors and other church workers credibly accused of sex abuse and launch a new task force ...