Just a few days ago in Baton Rouge, a new chapter was written in the history of black and white churches. Three dozen pastors and pastoral students, both black and white, male and female, from two ...

That’s when the tears began to flow. At first, I was embarrassed. The vulnerability of the moment left me exposed like never ...

In 1880, about 150 Baptist pastors met in Montgomery, Alabama, and formed the Baptist Mission Convention. In 1895, this convention merged with two other conventions to form the National Baptist ...

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 ...

I’m really worried about what the Reverend Robert Jeffress is going to say at Dallas First Baptist Church Sunday about the quake in Japan. I live within a three-mile radius of First Baptist, and I’m ...

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - When congregants go to worship at Brookland Baptist, they never know who will be in the pew next to them. During election season, Brookland Baptist Church in West Columbia ...

Last week and this week, the Gospel has us make the acquaintance of John the Baptist. Last week, we were introduced to his mission in the Jordan Valley at a particular given moment to baptize as a ...

Many of you have vivid memories of the old First Baptist Church in Rochester at the corner of Second Street and Fourth Avenue Southwest. Today's "Spirit" column brings back one of the pastors who left ...

“Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain wisdom of heart” (Psalm 90:12-13). The Lectionary gives us Mark’s lurid account of the decapitation of John the Baptist on this commemoration of ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - After more than 30 years, Green Acres Baptist Church’s Senior Pastor David Dykes is preparing his final message to the community this Sunday ahead of his retirement at the end of ...

A hate-filled anti-LGBTQ message by a Baptist minister, who’s also a sheriff’s detective in Knoxville, Tenn., is being investigated by the office of the Knox County District Attorney General. Knox ...