Groups of volunteers will spend Friday and Saturday working on over 50 service projects across Birmingham as part of a collaboration of Baptist churches and non-profits. “It has been (encouraging) to ...

Steve Gaines, a former Southern Baptist Convention president and longtime pastor of a Tennessee church, died Friday at 68 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Summers are often a time when congregations send out people to far off missions work. The state’s Southern Baptists envisioned something closer to home. RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — ...

Worshippers raise their hands during the Celebración Hispana service at First Baptist Church Dallas on Sunday, June 8, 2025, in Dallas. Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer Latinos from across the U.S.

There ought to be but three Christian denominations in the world,” an Episcopal bishop once said. ‘The Roman Catholics standing on one side for the authority of the church, and the Baptists standing ...

Gaines, a former Bellevue Baptist Church pastor and Southern Baptist Convention president, has died after a two-year battle ...