Nelson Price, a long-serving Southern Baptist Convention pastor credited with helping a Georgia congregation grow into a megachurch, has died. He was 94.
Brent Leatherwood, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, has stepped down from office, four years after he was tasked with leading the convention's political advocacy arm.
The Worship Initiative, a discipleship platform founded by Christian artists Shane Barnard and Shane Everett, has launched SBC Worship, a new collaboration aimed at equipping and unifying worship leaders across the Southern Baptist Convention.
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, has been placed on a 12-month probation but will continue to be accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges over the next year as it rebounds from a financial crisis.
Jennifer Lyell, a former Lifeway Christian Resources executive and abuse survivor who played a key role in the Southern Baptist Convention's response to sexual abuse allegations, has died at age 47.
A theologically conservative megachurch in Texas has announced that it has exited the Southern Baptist Convention, following a discernment process that lasted several months.
The head of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission sent a letter to the president of the International Olympic Committee Monday expressing dismay at the recent Olympic opening ceremony.
Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission President Brent Leatherwood is not resigning from his position, according to the Southern Baptist Convention body, contradicting an earlier announcement.
A proposed amendment to the Southern Baptist Convention's constitution, known as the Law Amendment, that would have permanently banned women from serving as pastors "as qualified by Scripture," fell 5 percentage points short of the required two-thirds support from messengers on Wednesday.
Southern Baptist Convention President Bart Barber warned the United States’ largest Protestant denomination against “toxic” churches that “empower critics” rather than buildup struggling believers.
