On Sunday, Southern Baptists are called to pray for and recognize the cooperative ministry relationships that predate the SBC ...

When Gayle Stanley began working for the Southern Baptist Convention Jan. 4, 1982, the international missions entity was ...

Former Southern Baptist Convention leader Morris Chapman died in Nashville Oct. 20 at age 84 after a brief illness.

The 2025 Southern Baptist Convention approaches. At the meeting in Dallas, delegates are expected to consider, once again, a proposal to abolish the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, the ...

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More than 10,000 Southern Baptists gathered in Indianapolis last week for the 2024 meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. The SBC is the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, and ...

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 ...

The Rev. Bill Jetton has joined the Cape Girardeau Baptist Association as director of missions. A graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, Jetton joined the associational staff in early ...

The trustees of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary gathered October 13-14, 2025, for their fall meeting to conduct regular business, give thanks to the Lord for his provision, and reaffirm the ...

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

The Southern Baptist Convention reported today that membership fell for the 17th consecutive year, falling below 13 million for the first time since the 1970s. At its height in 2006, the SBC had 16.3 ...

Southern Baptist churches lost more than a quarter-million members nationwide in 2024, the 18th straight year of decline, but saw baptism and attendance numbers rise. Congregations belonging to the ...