NEW ORLEANS — The Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, took a major stand on the role of women in the church, emphatically making clear that the office of pastor ...

Saddleback Church’s founding pastor, Rick Warren, represented the congregation on Tuesday at the convention, asking the more than 12,000 gathered church representatives, called messengers, to stay ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Rev. Linda Barnes Popham sings with the choir at Fern Creek Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky. The church was expelled from the ...

NEW ORLEANS — Church representatives have voted against welcoming a mega church in California back into the fold because it allows women pastors, the Southern Baptist Convention announced Wednesday.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Southern Baptist Convention has refused to welcome Saddleback Church back into its fold, rejecting an appeal by the California megachurch over its February ouster for having ...

Delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention's annual conference voted overwhelmingly this week to confirm the expulsion of Saddleback Church in California, previously the second-largest Southern ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Zonderkidz, the major Christian children’s book publisher, is pleased to announce that a new storybook Bible will be released October 1 in partnership with Saddleback Church, one ...

The Southern Baptist Convention has upheld its decision to expel Saddleback Church for having women pastors. Thousands of Southern Baptists voted overwhelmingly to affirm the church's ejection from ...

Saddleback Church's entry into the VR space shows how technology can enhance spiritual growth and community engagement. Through this initiative, the church is bridging the gap between the physical and ...