The matter has tested the denomination’s commitment to church autonomy as some churches embrace more egalitarian views about ...

The Southern Baptist Convention rejected a controversial ban on women pastors in the country’s largest Protestant Christian denomination in a monumental vote on Wednesday, allowing women to ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Southern Baptist Convention rejected Wednesday a constitutional ban on women pastors ... debate shouldn't compromise Southern Baptists' commitment to their understanding ...

Southern Baptists narrowly rejected a proposal Wednesday to enshrine a ban on churches with women pastors in the denomination's constitution after opponents argued it was unnecessary because the ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Southern Baptists narrowly rejected a proposal Wednesday to enshrine a ban on churches with women pastors in the denomination’s constitution after opponents argued it was ...

Delegates, called messengers, to 2025 SBC annual meeting narrowly reject ... a ban on women pastors, a debate the denomination seemingly resolved at the 2024 SBC annual meeting. The Southern ...

The proposed resolutions call for laws on gender, marriage and family based on what they say is the biblically stated order ...

DALLAS — The Southern Baptist Convention on Wednesday again spurned a constitutional ban ... men and women. The SBC has disfellowshipped several prominent churches because of female pastors ...

Southern Baptists narrowly rejected a proposal Wednesday to enshrine a ban on churches with women pastors in the denomination’s constitution after opponents argued it was unnecessary because the ...