Jennifer Lyell has previously made headlines for her allegations against a Southern Baptist Convention professor.

One barrier could be the denomination's structure, which has been cited as a hurdle for reform in the past. Southern Baptist's believe in local church autonomy and not top-down control like ...

Before last week’s convention meeting, Denhollander spoke with me about the Southern Baptist Convention and, more broadly, about sexual abuse in churches. This interview has been edited and ...

The First Baptist Church of Farmersville pastor received ... said there needs to be a shift in the decentralized structure of autonomous Southern Baptist churches as their members and leaders ...

Southern Baptists have become less Baptist. We’re becoming more Presbyterian in structure and more fundamentalist in our actions and attitudes,” Mr. Warren said, adding that local churches ...

The Southern Baptist Convention is a federation of independent democracies, local churches that recognize no ecclesiastical authority superior to themselves. This structure creates a mechanical ...

Critics have argued the SBC’s decentralized structure makes it more ... who has been missions director at Barber’s church since 2017 and a “Southern Baptist since before I was born ...

On June 13, the Southern Baptist Convention reaffirmed its rejection of women pastors. It upheld the expulsion of Saddleback Church ... with the patriarchal structure of the medieval world ...

The Thompsons, Richardsons, Austins, Spencers, Graves, Harris, Newses, Nightingales, Garys, Curls and Harrises were among those who laid the foundation of this cherished Southern Baptist church.