RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Summers are often a time when congregations send out people to far off missions work. The state’s Southern Baptists envisioned something closer to home. RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — ...

FILE - People take part in a worship service during the annual Southern Baptist Convention meeting Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. Southern Baptists gathering at their next annual meeting ...

The two churches in question would not be qualified to send members as voting messengers to the annual meeting of the ...

The Southern Baptist Convention signaled their disapproval of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in a Wednesday vote, asking the “government to restrain” the procedure. The vote took place during the church ...

INDIANAPOLISINDIANAPOLIS — More than 10,000 voting representatives gathered Tuesday for the opening of the Southern Baptist Convention’s two-day annual meeting, where they will vote on whether to ban ...

Jerry Spencer, a Southern Baptist evangelist who preached to millions across more than 50 countries and served in key ...

There ought to be but three Christian denominations in the world,” an Episcopal bishop once said. ‘The Roman Catholics standing on one side for the authority of the church, and the Baptists standing ...

Worshippers raise their hands during the Celebración Hispana service at First Baptist Church Dallas on Sunday, June 8, 2025, in Dallas. Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer Latinos from across the U.S.