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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 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.

Delegates at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting have narrowly rejected a proposal to enshrine a ban on churches with women pastors in the denomination’s constitution.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Southern Baptist Convention rejected Wednesday a constitutional ban on women pastors, a major victory for those within the nation's largest Protestant denomination seeking to ...

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.

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