Since 1998, about 380 Southern Baptist leaders and volunteers have faced allegations of sexual misconduct, according to a sweeping investigation by two Texas newspapers. The Houston Chronicle and the ...

The newspapers also published a database of about 260 Southern Baptist church pastors, leaders, employees and volunteers who pleaded guilty or were convicted of sex crimes. The series, “ Abuse of ...

DALLAS (AP) — More than 10,000 church representatives are gathered in Dallas for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, which began Tuesday morning with praise sessions and optimistic ...

Millersville, Md.—A months-long Anne Arundel child abuse investigation culminated in the arrest of William Auburn Jones, a 58-year-old Gambrills resident, on July 25, 2025, for alleged sexual abuse of ...

The Southern Baptist Convention is the nation's largest Protestant denomination. The convention has 12.7 million members in the United States. Southern Baptists have long held to a view called ...

(RNS) — The issue of women staffers who have the title of pastor in SBC churches has been up for debate repeatedly in recent years. DALLAS (RNS) — For the second year in a row, a move to bar churches ...

Southern Baptists didn’t enact major reforms at their annual meeting this week. They didn’t vote to shut down their long-standing public policy arm, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC).

(RNS) — More than 10,000 Southern Baptist leaders, known as messengers, are meeting for the SBC's annual meeting. DALLAS (RNS) — About halfway through leading his first annual Southern Baptist ...

Southern Baptist Convention convened for 2025 annual legislative assembly in Dallas, where the denomination tackled proposals dealing with financial oversight. South Carolina pastor Rhett Burns has ...

Jeremy Herron, executive director of the Evangelical Council for Abuse Prevention, holds up a training resource by ECAP following the Abuse, Response and Prevention panel discussion at the 2025 ...