The Southern Baptist Convention voted Wednesday for a resolution opposing in vitro fertilization, lamenting that the creation of surplus frozen embryos often results in “destruction of embryonic human ...

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 ...

In the midst of heated debates about female pastors and the morality of in vitro fertilization, the national Southern Baptist Convention recently passed a religious liberty resolution that — in terms ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Messengers raise their ballots in support of a motion during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting on June 11, 2024, in ...

DALLAS — The Southern Baptist Convention on Wednesday again spurned a constitutional ban on female pastors as the prohibition's proponents failed to move the needle on a contentious issue that has ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Southern Baptist delegates expressed alarm Wednesday over the way in vitro fertilization is routinely being practiced, approving a resolution lamenting that the creation of surplus ...

Barbara Moss is the founder of Elder Law of Nashville. On June 14, the Southern Baptist Convention at its annual meeting overwhelmingly adopted a resolution condemning in vitro fertilization (IVF).

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A day after electing their first African-American president, Southern Baptists passed a resolution opposing the idea that same-sex marriage is a civil rights issue. Thousands of ...

MOBILE, Alabama – Southern Baptists have approved a resolution opposing the membership policy of the Boy Scouts of America that will allow openly gay youth starting next year. At their annual meeting ...

Welcome back to Agree to Disagree, in which I discuss topics with people on different sides of the political spectrum. This time around, I spoke with Rev. Hershael York, dean of the school of theology ...

(The Conversation) — The recent annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention saw a number of motions related to women. The Conversation asked Susan Shaw, a gender and sexuality studies scholar ...