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Southern Baptists again reject strict prohibition on women pastors
The matter has tested the denomination’s commitment to church autonomy as some churches embrace more egalitarian views about ...
Southern Baptist public policy arm survives challenge to its conservative credentials
Southern Baptist representatives have fended off two efforts to move the staunchly conservative body even more sharply to the ...
After narrow key votes, Southern Baptists leave Dallas with bylaws unchanged
A constitutional ban on women pastors and a proposal to abolish a public policy agency accused of compromising with leftists ...
Southern Baptists lay out their political road map
The convention's voting, especially on the issue of same-sex marriage, is significant given its reach: The SBC is the largest ...
Years after it was proposed, Southern Baptist abuse database still isn't up, leaders say
Attendees of the Southern Baptist Convention's recent annual meeting in Dallas heard about new initiatives outlined by Executive Committee President Jef Iorg.
Movie star says Southern Baptist abuse victim who died at 47 ‘did a good, true, and honorable thing’
Lyell died June 7. She was 47. While she was working as an executive for Lifeway, the Southern Baptist publishing arm, Lyell ...
Southern Baptists target porn and ‘willful childlessness’
The proposed resolutions call for laws on gender, marriage and family based on what they say is the biblically stated order ...
Publishing exec, abuse survivor Jen Lyell remembered as Southern Baptist Convention meets
Jennifer Lyell uplifted others' stories in her Christian publishing career, and then her own story faced attacks. Her ...