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Feb. 10, 2010
World & Nation
University Baptist Church has voted to leave the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship because that body opposes hiring of non-celibate gays and lesbians and funding of pro-gay causes.
Aug. 25, 2001
Southern Baptists will continue support of the multidenominational Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs, based here, if the national convention next month upholds the recommendations of a special study committee.
May 30, 1987
The Southern Baptist Convention quit a global federation of Baptist denominations Tuesday as its leaders denounced the Baptist World Alliance and other groups for accepting liberal theology.
June 16, 2004
Schism now appears virtually inevitable in the Southern Baptist Convention.
June 15, 1991
High School Sports
After L. A.
Feb. 16, 1989
The Southern Baptist Convention is facing a showdown over racial justice, the role of women and how to handle sexual abuse allegations within the church.
June 15, 2021
California
The Southern Baptist Convention rejected appeals from Saddleback, voting to finalize the ouster of the Orange County megachurch over its female pastors.
June 14, 2023
Now that moderates have lost their drawn-out fight with fundamentalists for control of the Southern Baptist Convention, the biggest question facing the nation’s largest denomination is whether a substantial separatist movement is afoot.
May 9, 1991
Politics
Baptists, once a persecuted minority in Colonial America, only twice in history have garnered the U.S. presidency--both in modern times.
July 18, 1992