ORLANDO, Fla. (RNS) — A proposal by the nation’s largest Protestant denomination to ban churches that have women pastors or let women preach on Sunday mornings passed overwhelmingly on Wednesday (June ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Thousands of Southern Baptists overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to advance a formal ban on women pastors in the nation's largest Protestant denomination, sending a clear message that men ...

Social media users have expressed outrage this week after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared a video on X Thursday featuring Christian nationalist preachers advocating for the elimination of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With new wind in its sails, a campaign to enshrine a ban on women pastors in the Southern Baptist Convention passed the first of ...

Messengers at the church’s annual meeting easily passed a measure barring churches with women pastors or those that allow women to preach. The change must pass again next year to become permanent. A ...

DALLAS — Southern Baptist representatives on Wednesday fended off two efforts to move the staunchly conservative body even more sharply to the right, giving a vote of confidence to its public-policy ...

Should Southern Baptist women be allowed to preach to their congregations or teach Scripture? The issue has been a perennial thorn for the Southern Baptist Convention, whose delegates will once again ...

(RNS) — The proposed ban on churches with women pastors or those that allow women to preach was approved by three-quarters of church messengers gathered in Orlando. ORLANDO, Fla. (RNS) — A proposal by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Albert Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, submits a motion regarding women pastors during the annual ...