The preacher had to stand on a box so he could see over the pulpit. There Jakobe “Kobe” Cooper stood, sharply dressed in a white shirt, black bow tie, black pinstripe suit and black-and-white wing-tip ...

Gina Stewart has been known for breaking barriers in Black Baptist circles. In 1995, she became pastor of Christ Missionary Baptist Church and the first African American woman to be elected to a Black ...

As Holy Week nears an end, many believers are looking forward to the holiest day on the Christian calendar this Easter Sunday. More than 70 percent of Americans identify as Christian, but less than a ...

(RNS) — During last month’s Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, debates about if women can serve as pastors dominated the business sessions and national news coverage. But at multiple Baptist ...

The Republican Southern Baptist told the SBC-affiliated megachurch that the nation is "under attack from true Marxist socialists," whom he alleges believe in government over God. These sort of folk, ...

(RNS) — ‘Why is it so many times that women after they get married let themselves go?’ a General Baptist minister asked in February. (RNS) — Leaders of the General Baptist Council of Associations have ...

No section of Scripture has been cited more than the Sermon on the Mount, Wilder said. "Conservative scholars love this passage of Scripture. Liberal scholars love this passage of Scripture," the ...

The following churches have announced their sermon titles for this week’s services. • Bell Chapel United Methodist Church, Steubenville: The 10 a.m. sermon will be entitled “Everybody, Always: Don’t ...

Newly elected Southern Baptist Convention President Ed Litton, pastor of Redemption Church in Mobile, has pulled videos of numerous sermons off the church’s YouTube account after accusations that he ...