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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) — Cooperative Program giving by Kentucky Baptists ... “Praise God for the faithfulness of Kentucky Baptist churches in supporting gospel ministry through the Cooperative Program,” ...
Every December, Ernestine Adams dances to the music and thanks the Lord she’s still around to sing Handel’s "Messiah" at Zion Baptist Church in Louisville's West End. This year marks the 70th ...
Smyzer, CDBA-KY superintendent of missions, is the BFC’s executive director and senior pastor of Beargrass Missionary Baptist Church of Louisville, which cooperates dually with the LRBA and the ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention have been debating gender roles in the church at their annual gathering, with a proposal to ban member churches who have female pastors.
Central Region: Buck Run Baptist (Frankfort), Third Avenue Baptist (Louisville). Poplar Grove Baptist (Corbin), Barnesburg Baptist (Somerset). Several churches were celebrated for their unique ...
What got less attention was that a Kentucky church — Louisville’s Fern Creek Baptist, with a Sunday attendance of 150 — was also disfellowshipped for the same reason: both congregations ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Church representatives voted 9,700-806 to deny an appeal from Fern Creek Baptist Church, which has had a woman pastor for three decades but came under heightened scrutiny this ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Fern Creek Baptist Church was officially kicked out of the National Southern Baptist Convention on Wednesday for having women as pastors. Last fall, the church was told they ...
The Rev. Linda Barnes Popham, pastor of Fern Creek Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., joined Saddleback Church founder Rick Warren in addressing the convention in New Orleans on Tuesday.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Southern Baptist Convention ousted two of its churches on Wednesday, including one in Louisville, for having a woman pastor. For 30 years, Rev. Linda Barnes Popham ...
The Rev. Linda Barnes Popham, right, prays with a member of Fern Creek Baptist Church during a service on May 21 in Louisville, Ky. In February, Fern Creek was one of five churches ...