Baptist Missionaries Leaving Over Doctrine. Dozens Reject Statement on Women's Roles. June 6, 2003. By Jim Jones. More than 40 Southern Baptist missionaries lost their jobs in May because they ...

Southern Baptist Convention, the nation's largest Protestant denomination, had 12.7 million members and 46,876 churches in 2024, down from prior year.

Southern Baptist Convention, the nation's largest Protestant denomination, had 12.7 million members and 46,876 churches in 2024, down from prior year.

Proposed amendment would solidify earlier Baptist doctrine. By Jon Brown Fox News. Published June 13, 2023 1:01pm EDT. ... Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Southern Baptist leaders meeting in New Orleans voted to amend their constitution to disallow women from serving as a pastor of any kind. They also extended the work of their sex abuse task force.

A Southern Baptist pastor spearheading a drive to ban women from serving as church leaders has released a report noting 170 women in pastoral jobs in violation of the denomination's men-only doctrine.

SBC gathered in Indianapolis for its two-day annual meeting June 11-12 to decide on major legislation dealing with women pastors and standards of cooperation, in vitro fertilization and abuse reform.

The letter in October came as a shock to Linda Barnes Popham, who had been the pastor of Fern Creek Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., for 30 years, the first woman to lead her congregation.

Conservatives maintained control of the 623,000-member Missouri Baptist Convention at a meeting held just ... Missouri representatives endorsed revisions in the Southern Baptist doctrinal platform ...

More than 40 Southern Baptist missionaries lost their jobs last month because they refused to endorse a controversial faith statement that opposes female pastors and says wives should “gracio… ...

Southern Baptist Convention, the nation's largest Protestant denomination, had 12.7 million members and 46,876 churches in 2024, down from prior year.