Morris Chapman, Southern Baptist statesman and longtime administrative leader, dies at 84

Chapman's legacy as SBC Executive Committee chief executive for 18 years is that he was a source of stability in the ...
Tennessean

Suit against SBC mission agency dismissed in case highlighting church authority, First Amendment

A federal district court judge in Mississippi dismissed a lawsuit against the SBC-affiliated North American Mission Board from Will McRaney, a former state-level executive. McRaney alleged NAMB caused ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Handling of abuse claims, governance structure cited in complaints against Immanuel Baptist

Two Immanuel Baptist Church members say they have filed complaints with the credentials committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, arguing that the Little Rock congregation is not following the ...
USA Today

Nation's largest Black Protestant denomination faces high-stakes presidential vote

The nation's largest group of Black Protestants is meeting this week for a high-stakes gathering that could thrust the denomination into an unprecedented leadership crisis − just as it faces major ...
wjla

Southern Baptists expel Virginia church for believing women can serve as pastors

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Even as they prepare to vote on a formal ban on churches with women pastors, delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to boot one ...
Tennessean

With new leadership, top Black Protestant group address women in pulpit and gerrymandering

The National Baptist Convention, USA is the nation's largest Black Protestant denomination and it recently gathered for its 2025 annual session, the first under freshman president Rev. Boise Kimber.