At the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Indianapolis, amidst preparations to vote on a formal prohibition of churches led by female pastors, delegates decisively chose to expel a church that embraces women in senior pastoral positions. The delegates, known as messengers, cast a vote of 6,759 to 563 to remove First Baptist Church of […]

Pastor J.D. Greear, president of the 15-million-member Southern Baptist Convention and pastor of Durham mega-church, the Summit is addressing and working toward solutions of how to handle the sex abuse scandal at Southern Baptist Convention. The Houston Chronicle printed a massive investigative report on sex abuse within the Southern Baptist Convention, which included 700 victims over 20 years, with […]

Houston, TX — The Southern Baptist Convention has re-elected its first black president, the Rev. Fred Luter Jr.   Luter was first elected in 2012.…

Fifty U.S. religious leaders have signed a statement to the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) encouraging the organization to continue its current leadership and membership…