The Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee ousted the churches for having female pastors. What's behind the decision is unclear, but the move has been criticized inside and outside the SBC.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Monique Moultrie, Georgia State University associate professor of religious and gender studies, about the Southern Baptist Convention ousting churches with women pastors.

Southern Baptist Convention leaders voted Tuesday to remove six churches, including one in Jackson. ... Georgia, Timothy’s Christian Baptist in Baltimore, Maryland, ...

(NEW ORLEANS, La.) — More than three thousand Georgia congregations will have representation as the annual convention of Southern Baptists kicks off Tuesday in New Orleans. Among the issues that ...

Women are not allowed to be the pastor of a Southern Baptist Convention-member church. Saddleback, ... 2-year-old GA boy with one kidney stung over 150 times by wasps, family say.

The Southern Baptist Convention is the nation's largest Protestant denomination, but has lost 3 million members since 2006. For 2022, it reported membership of 13,223,122, a decline of 457,371 ...

The Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee ousted the churches for having female pastors. What's behind the decision is unclear, but the move has been criticized inside and outside the SBC.

The Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee ousted the churches for having female pastors. What's behind the decision is unclear, but the move has been criticized inside and outside the SBC.

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S., recently ousted five churches across the U.S. because they allow women to serve as pastors ...

The Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee ousted the churches for having female pastors. What's behind the decision is unclear, but the move has been criticized inside and outside the SBC.