Chapman's legacy as SBC Executive Committee chief executive for 18 years is that he was a source of stability in the aftermath of schism.

When members voted to change the bylaws at Houston’s Second Baptist Church in 2023, a single sentence that seemingly slipped by most people put the church at odds with its own faith: “Members are not ...

Bellevue Baptist Church may hire Ben Mandrell, CEO of Lifeway Christian Resources, to replace former Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines as its lead pastor. The Tennessee megachurch's ...

Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell is the White House Correspondent for "The Daily Signal." Send her an email. The Southern Baptist Convention held its annual conference this week, and delegates narrowly ...

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 agency and ...

DALLAS (AP) — Southern Baptist delegates at their national meeting overwhelmingly endorsed a ban on same-sex marriage — including a call for a reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 10-year-old ...

The Southern Baptist Convention is the nation's largest Protestant denomination. The convention has 12.7 million members in the United States. Southern Baptists have long held to a view called ...

Jennifer Lyell, who has previously made headlines for her allegations of sexual abuse against a Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) professor, has died at the age of 47. The editor and author, who ...

DALLAS -- Two years after unveiling a website to house a database of Southern Baptist leaders credibly accused of sexual abuse, the effort has stalled without a single predator being identified there.

In a few weeks, members of Southern Baptist churches from across the country will convene in Dallas for their annual convention. These gatherings, which attract thousands of people each year, offer a ...

Leaders celebrate a quarter-million baptisms in 2024, the most since before the pandemic. The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) continued its 18-year membership skid last year, while churches in the ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - NewSpring Church said they have submitted a letter for withdrawal from the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). Church leadership said its involvement with the SBC has ...