When leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention meet during their annual gathering in Nashville, Tennessee, in June 2021, the issue of three women being ordained to ministry will likely be an intense ...

Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention voted last week to further restrict the role of women in ministry. This was no real surprise. It has been developing for decades. Nevertheless, what ...

Newly Ordained Deacons from First Baptist Church. From left: Jean Panzitta, Gail Nossavage, David Miller, Joseph Stemba, Dorothy Miller, and Jane Lussi. Absent from photo Kenneth Jordan. Photo by Sam ...

Greater Tucker Missionary Baptist Church invites the public to the ordination service for Ministers Irvin O. Overton, Sr. and Leonard W. Ross, Jr. on Sunday, at 3 p.m. The guest speaker will be Pastor ...

Of course, quibbling over definitions might be futile, but the fact remains that conservative evangelical churches—many of them Southern Baptist—often foreground their invitation to religious seekers ...

Members of historic First Baptist Church of Memphis approved a resolution Sunday that would allow gay marriage and ordination. The vote, taken Sunday after the worship service, wasn't a big surprise.

(The Conversation) — Southern Baptists are calling for an investigation into the ordination of three women. A scholar explains why this continues to be a fraught issue, even though 2,500 women have ...