FORT WORTH - A debate has intensified over whether Southern Baptists should approve of speaking in tongues as an expression of religious devotion following a sermon at Southwestern Baptist Theological ...

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Sometimes called glossolalia, speaking in tongues is the practice of speaking in a language the speaker does not know. Those who speak in tongues say the Holy Spirit forms the words as they speak out.

After purging liberals from their ranks, Southern Baptist conservatives who won control of their denomination are now taking aim at each other. The Rev. Wade Burleson, a Baptist leader from Oklahoma, ...

Alarmed by a drop in membership and baptisms, members of the Southern Baptist Convention are set to consider at their annual meeting, which starts Tuesday, a 10-year initiative to reverse the decline.