On the 70th anniversary of George W. Truett's death, present and former pastors of First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas -- where Truett pastored for 47 years -- said his most famous sermon on religious liberty has implications for the advance of secularism, the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision and GuideStone Financial Resources' legal fight against the Obama administration's abortion/contraceptive mandate.| Baptist Press
DALLAS – After an initial low-key foray last year into the collective heart of the Southern Baptist Convention, more than 100 Slavic pastors and leaders from across the nation gathered June 10 for their first annual meeting as an as-yet unformalized fellowship group.| Baptist Press
I was 16 the first time I heard “Mr. Crowley.”| Baptist Press
The Southern Baptist Convention will soon consider final action on an amendment to the SBC Constitution stating that a cooperating Southern Baptist church “affirms, appoints, or employs only men as any kind of pastor or elder as qualified by Scripture.” This is a significant decision which raises important issues related…| Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) — Executive Committee members approved a recommendation Tuesday morning (Feb. 18) for a $190 million 2025-26 SBC Cooperative Program Allocation Budget that includes $3 million earmarked for anticipated legal costs.| Baptist Press
DALLAS (BP) – On the day before Southern Baptists convene, SBC Executive Committee members elected new leaders and passed several recommendations for final approval by messengers.| Baptist Press
BOULDER, Colo. (BP) -- Men have outpaced women in church attendance the past three years, reversing a longstanding trend of more women in the pews that narrowed in 2016, Barna said in its 2025 State of the Church release, created in partnership with Gloo.| Baptist Press
DALLAS (BP) – Counseling for ministers’ wives will be offered for the first time this year at the SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas to address trials often experienced in isolation given the unique roles of such women.| Baptist Press
AUSTIN, Texas (BP) – The Texas House passed a bipartisan bill banning nondisclosure clauses in sexual abuse settlement agreements April 8, championed on the House floor by Rep. Jeff Leach, a Southern Baptist who is among the bill’s five authors.| Baptist Press
WASHINGTON (BP) – The U.S Supreme Court unanimously delivered an important victory for religious liberty Thursday (June 17) by upholding a faith-based adoption and foster-care agency’s right to carry out its ministry according to its beliefs.| Baptist Press
WASHINGTON (BP) – The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that a Catholic benevolent ministry qualifies for a tax exemption granted to churches.| Baptist Press
MEMPHIS (BP) – The Ellis Auditorium was brand new May 13, 1925, when Southern Baptists met on a spring afternoon and voted to begin the Cooperative Program. Today (May 13), though the auditorium is gone, Southern Baptists gathered a just few yards away from the original location to recommit to…| Baptist Press
WASHINGTON (BP) – After weeks of speculation, President Joe Biden announced Sunday (July 21) that he will not seek the Democratic Party’s nomination for the November general election. It appears, however, Biden will stay on as president until his successor is inaugurated.| Baptist Press
