James Smith Coleman was one of the most important Baptist leaders in 19th-century Kentucky and left a tremendous legacy in ...

Louisiana can proceed with a law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments, according to a federal court ...

More than two decades after the Southern Baptist Convention - the country’s second-largest faith group - apologized to African-Americans for its active defense of slavery in the 1800s, its flagship ...

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(THE CONVERSATION) Rocked by controversies, dwindling numbers and internal divisions, the Southern Baptist Convention will meet for its annual meeting on June 15 under the banner: “We Are Great ...

Along with ritual immersion, John the Baptist called people to moral reform. His essential message, like the prophets of Israel before him, was one of repentance from sin in anticipation of God’s ...

(The Conversation) — Baptists believe that each person can have a personal relationship with God. This theology, a scholar writes, has also contributed to disagreements within the denomination since ...

A sign on the door that says “Baptist Church” often offers little guidance as to what one may find inside. Will there be speaking in tongues? Strict Calvinist theology? A prosperity gospel? A strong ...

(The Conversation) — A scholar writes about how the Southern Baptist Convention’s views on abortion changed during the 1980s, when a more conservative wing seized control of the denomination. (The ...