SBC Annual Church Profile for 2022 shows yet another year of decline in membership and number of churches, while gains in giving and baptisms. Drop in membership numbers due in part to updated church ...

(RNS) —The Southern Baptist Convention has lost 3 million members since 2006, about half of that in the last five years. (RNS) — The long, slow decline of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination ...

Note: This article was updated March 3 to correct the year Southern Baptist membership peaked. The Southern Baptist Convention lost 1,253 congregations in 2022, the most recent year on record, its ...

Pastor Willy Rice of Calvary Baptist Church of Clearwater, Florida, has announced his intention to be nominated for president ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Many high-profile legislative items before the Southern Baptist Convention at its annual meeting in Indianapolis were decided on Tuesday, except for arguably the biggest ones. The ...

Southern Baptist Convention leadership disfellowshipped a Jackson church from the convention on Tuesday, concluding a long running debate in the denomination. Calvary Baptist Church, a fixture on ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Former Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) president and pastor Johnny Hunt is suing the SBC, the SBC Executive Committee, and Guidepost Solutions for defamation and invasion of ...

Report from Guidepost Solutions in May 2022 detailed abuse allegations against former Southern Baptist Convention president Johnny Hunt. Hunt sued SBC, SBC Executive Committee and Guidepost Solutions ...

Attendees stood for worship during a Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler) The SBC has failed to deliver a public database of ...