Willy Rice says pastors must "step up" on abortion, marriage, gender identity and immigration, arguing these political issues are deeply theological.

(RNS) — Earlier this month, the Southern Baptist Convention adopted resolutions opposing amnesty for undocumented immigrants and women in pastoral leadership roles. The latest resolutions follow a ...

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary will offer every concentration of its Doctor of Philosophy program in a modular ...

DALLAS — Southern Baptist representatives on Wednesday fended off two efforts to move the staunchly conservative body even more sharply to the right, giving a vote of confidence to its public-policy ...

The Board of Trustees of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary met October 19–20 for their fall meeting, where they ...

The Southern Baptist Convention has spent decades encouraging its participating churches to operate "through democratic processes" while touting the responsibility individuals have in shaping ministry ...

Southern Baptist Convention President Willy Rice has proposed amending the Baptist Faith & Message in response to what he considers cultural confusion over gender and marriage.

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 ...

The Rev. Clint Pressley woke up Thursday morning praying for the Southern Baptist Convention, he told his 9,000 followers on social media site X, the former Twitter. "Pray I don't embarrass us," the ...

INDIANAPOLIS (RNS) — More than 11,000 Southern Baptist Church members, known as messengers, will gather in Indianapolis this week for one of the largest, and sometimes noisiest, religious meetings of ...

(RNS) — Southern Baptists called for the overturning of the Supreme Court decision that ruled same-sex marriage constitutional, and also declared their support of laws that “recognize the biological ...

Southern Baptists meeting this week in Dallas will be asked to approve resolutions calling for a legal ban on pornography and a reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court’s approval of same-sex marriage. The ...