The Southern Baptist Convention upheld the removal of two churches for having women as pastors. The nearly 13,000 voters, called "messengers," voted overwhelmingly to uphold the churches' removals.

The Southern Baptist Convention rejected a controversial ban on women pastors in the country’s largest Protestant Christian denomination in a monumental vote on Wednesday, allowing women to ...

Southern Baptists have long held to a view called complementarianism, which prescribes different roles for men and women. In recent years, the Southern Baptist Convention has taken a stricter ...

NEW ORLEANS — Southern Baptists will have the opportunity to vote on a measure that would enshrine a ban on women pastors within the denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention Executive ...

Southern Baptists on Wednesday overwhelmingly affirmed the decision to disfellowship three churches from the convention, two over women pastors and one over its response to sexual abuse allegations.

Southern Baptists ban female pastors, won't allow churches with women pastors to return 04:00. From its towering white steeple and red-brick facade, to its Sunday services filled with rousing ...

The Southern Baptist Convention, a denomination that is often a bellwether for evangelical America, has expelled five churches from the convention this year over their appointment of women as pastors.

The Southern Baptists Convention has wrapped with votes on banning churches with women pastors and opposing IVF reproductive practices plus revisiting reforms proposed to handle sex abuse claims.

On June 13, the Southern Baptist Convention reaffirmed its rejection of women pastors. It upheld the expulsion of Saddleback Church, which has some women pastors, and passed an amendment to its ...

The Rev. Linda Barnes Popham speaks at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, La., on June 13, 2023.

The Southern Baptist Convention rejected appeals from Saddleback, voting to finalize the ouster of the Orange County megachurch over its female pastors. June 14, 2023 ...