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The highest baptism totals came out of Southern Baptist strongholds: Georgia, Florida, and Texas each reported at least 25,000 baptisms at churches across the state, according to the report.
The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee formally apologized to Jennifer Lyell for its mishandling of Lyell's case after she first reported her story of sexual abuse to the SBC ...
More than 10,000 Southern Baptists gathered in Indianapolis last week for the 2024 meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. The SBC is the largest Protestant denomination in the United States ...
The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, called Wednesday for restrictions on in-vitro fertilization, as the hot-button topic of reproductive ...
This week in Indianapolis, 61% of Southern Baptist Churches voted to exclude women from serving in pastoral leadership. The vote required 66% to pass. The 39% that voted down the measure are by no ...
The Southern Baptist Convention narrowly rejected a proposal to enshrine a ban on churches with women pastors in the denomination's constitution. The proposal received 61% of the vote but failed ...
INDIANAPOLIS — The Southern Baptist Convention rejected Wednesday a constitutional ban on women pastors, a major victory for those within the nation's largest Protestant denomination seeking to ...
But because that pastor is a woman, First Baptist’s days in the Southern Baptist Convention may be numbered. At the SBC’s annual meeting June 11-12 in Indianapolis, representatives will vote ...
FILE - In this Wednesday, June 16, 2021, file photo, people attend the morning session of the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Nashville, Tenn. Southern Baptists gathering at their ...
A Southern Baptist Convention leader said federal investigators had informed the executive committee that there would be no charges against it. By Ruth Graham A Southern Baptist Convention leader ...
The Southern Baptist Convention's top administrative body voted Tuesday to oust four congregations — one for having a woman as senior minister, two for what it said were failures related to the ...
The Southern Baptist Convention saw 16% more baptisms ... and newly established churches were most likely to report high baptism numbers, according to the report. Churches in urban areas averaged ...