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As older clergy get set to retire, there are few younger seminarians to replace them — and few churches that can afford to pay them.

Once a rising star among Southern Baptists, Moore lost his job after criticizing Donald Trump and standing by abuse survivors.

Focusing almost entirely on the SBC not only minimizes the theological (and political and racial) diversity of Baptists, but it also privileges a patriarchal body over others.

'Jesse Jackson has been a mentor for quite some time, so I can't say there's a singular piece of advice because he has given me so much,’ said Haynes.

In the same week as the Texas Baptists’ meeting, Black leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention and SBC President Bart Barber met over similar issues in Ridgecrest, North Carolina.

‘Whether it's fragmentation, technological advances, or spirituality, we need to refresh the traditional approaches to our faith,’ said one grant recipient.

His vanguard interview with Tammy Faye Messner (Bakker at the time) aired in an era when fear and false information about HIV/AIDS ran rampant in conservative Christian communities.

This issue A Public Witness pulls up a chair at the Mennonite Church USA’s Youth & Young Adult Climate Summit in order to discover new ways for all of us to meaningfully engage in creation care, and to do so in full partnership with the Gen Zers in our communities.

A letter from the president of the SBC's National African American Fellowship expressed concerns over recent SBC decisions to bar churches with women pastors.

That Thompson is the first woman to lead the denomination may be surprising given the denomination’s progressive stances on women’s rights and many other issues.