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 ...

“I have yet to see another Southern Baptist church respond quite that way ... though the SBC can’t enforce them due to its structure, will find other ways to become more of a rule and ...

It was part of the Southern Baptist Convention—the largest ... to serve as a stand-in for the 47,000 churches. How will this decentralized structure affect the DOJ investigation?

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Proposed measure to enshrine a ban on women pastors in the Southern ... Baptist Faith & Message 2000 risks financial support it receives from the SBC’s North American Mission Board for church ...