For more than 160 years, First Baptist Church has stood as a cornerstone of faith and community in Mathews County. Founded by formerly enslaved worshippers seeking a place to worship freely, the ...
Charles Jones is a retired pastor and Baptist historian who lives in Athens, Ga. Baptists in the southern colonies experienced explosive growth during the First Great Awakening. They also began to ...
A Florida pastor says scammers used his name to target church members with fake text messages asking them to buy Macy’s gift ...
Green St., Linwood, to celebrate the church’s annual Unity Day on Sunday, June 28 at 11 a.m. The theme is “Unified and ...
FBC Gainesville split over women pastors draws responses from SBC leaders, local clergy and groups, highlighting debate over ...
Four years ago, the Southern Baptist Convention received a landmark report asserting that top leaders in the nation’s largest ...
Hundreds of Catholic devotees wrapped themselves in dried banana leaves and covered their bodies with mud on Wednesday (June ...
The nation's largest Protestant denomination made the first of two required votes at its 2026 annual meeting on a proposed constitutional amendment.
First Baptist Church of Gainesville is severing ties with three Baptist organizations over their policies on women in leadership. The church's decision follows its ordination of a female pastor, which ...