Nikki Hardeman, of Atlanta, Ga.,, an advocacy director for Baptist Women in Ministry, left, Meredith Stone, executive director of Baptist Women in Ministry, center, and Christa Brown, an advocate for ...

Only "qualified men" can be leaders of Southern Baptist Churches. While the Southern Baptist Convention rejected an all-out constitutional ban on women pastors Wednesday at its convention in ...

A week after she went on National Public Radio to urge the Southern Baptist Convention to officially accept women as pastors, the Rev. Kristen Muse received an unusual letter at her church office. The ...

Ryan Fullerton, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, said the measure is “not about preventing women from exercising their gifts” in the church, in roles on church staff such as ...

The Southern Baptist Convention voted against a proposal to incorporate a prohibition on churches with female pastors into the denomination’s constitution. The suggested amendment aimed to ban ...

Southern Baptists narrowly rejected a proposal Wednesday to enshrine a ban on churches with women pastors in the denomination's constitution after opponents argued it was unnecessary because the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Southern Baptist Convention narrowly rejected a proposal Wednesday to enshrine a ban on churches with women pastors in their constitution after opponents argued it was ...

Southern Baptists meeting in Indianapolis narrowly rejected a proposal Wednesday to enshrine a ban on churches with women pastors in the denomination’s constitution after opponents argued it was ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Southern Baptists ...