During Send Relief’s presentation to the Southern Baptist Convention last month, Paul Chitwood and Kevin Ezell highlighted ...

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 rule was introduced by former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1954 when he was serving as the U.S. Senate majority leader.

Southern Baptist Convention leaders voted Tuesday to remove six churches, including one in Jackson. Five were removed over the role of women as pastors.

NEW ORLEANS -- Southern Baptists this week will consider a constitutional amendment banning congregations with women pastors from the denomination.

More than three thousand Georgia congregations will have representation as the annual convention of Southern Baptists kicks off Tuesday in New Orleans.

The Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday expelled five churches, including the mega Saddleback Church, for installing women as senior or lead pastors, a role the group says the Bible reserves ...

The executive committee ousted the churches — including Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, one of the convention's largest member churches — for having female pastors.

Fern Creek Baptist Church, which is led by Pastor Linda Barnes Popham, was among six churches disfellowshipped from the Southern Baptist Convention.

Southern Baptist Convention leaders voted Tuesday to remove six churches, including one in Jackson. Five were removed over the role of women 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.