Springfield Baptist Church is not the oldest black Baptist ... On April 21, 1867, however, James Boyce, president of the Southern Baptist Seminary, announced that the newly freed men and women ...

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Some church names reflect the city or the area of the city where it’s situated; think Springfield Southern Baptist Church or Knox Knolls Free Methodist Church. Some churches are named for saints ...

This week, the Southern Baptists confirmed the expulsion of two churches with female pastors — Fern Creek Baptist Church and ... So, let us return to Buffalo Springfield: “What it is ain ...

Top Southern Baptist church leaders released ... youth pastor, North Springfield Baptist Church, Springfield, TN He was convicted of sexual battery in 2009 and listed as a sex offender.

Supporters believe it is biblically necessary, estimating hundreds of Southern Baptist churches have women in those roles. The rejected amendment would have said any church deemed in “friendly ...

Carter, 85, a Southern Baptist minister who served ... several churches in Virginia and Maryland, including First Baptist Church in Springfield and Groveton Baptist Church in Alexandria.

NPR's Mary Louise talks to professor Beth Allison Barr about the Southern Baptist Convention’s planned vote this week on whether to expel churches where women are pastors. The nation's largest ...

Southern Baptist congregations across the country lost a combined 259,824 members, according to the annual church profile. With 12,722,266 members, the SBC is the smallest it has been since 1974.

HOUSTON (AP) — Paul Pressler, a leading figure of the Southern Baptist Convention who was accused of sexually abusing boys and young men and later settled a lawsuit over the allegations, has died.

The annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention voted to affirm a decision made earlier this year to remove Saddleback Church, a major southern California congregation founded by the pastor ...