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Southern Baptists’ call for the US Supreme Court to overturn its same-sex marriage decision is part of a long history of opposing women’s and LGBTQ+ people’s rights

The Southern Baptist Convention has lost 3.6 million members over the past two decades and faces an ongoing sexual abuse crisis. At its June 2025 annual meeting, however, neither of those issues took up as much time as controversial social issues, including the denomination’s stance on same-sex marriage.

The Conversation

Southern Baptists endorse repealing the legalization of same-sex marriage in the US

Convention resolution also called for defunding Planned Parenthood and criticized ‘willful childlessness’

The Guardian - US

Southern Baptists vote to seek repeal of ruling that legalized same-sex marriage

They say the ruling ‘defies God’s design for marriage and family’

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Whistleblower's death casts pall on Southern Baptist meeting and stalled sex abuse reforms

More than 10,000 church representatives are gathered in Dallas for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention

The Independent UK

Southern Baptists target porn, sports betting, same-sex marriage and 'willful childlessness'

Southern Baptists meeting this week in Dallas will be asked to approve resolutions calling for a legal ban on pornography and reversing the U.S. Supreme Court’s approval of same-sex marriage

The Independent UK

Takeaways from AP's report on Afghan refugees in Virginia

Religious groups have long been at the heart of U.S. refugee resettlement work that is now in peril

The Independent UK

Evangelicals emerge as a potent lobby for US support of Ukraine

Ukrainian evangelicals are lobbying their American counterparts for continued support of their homeland in its war with Russia

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‘What is my faith? What am I doing?’ The American evangelicals ‘deconstructing’ their religion to save it

When a young Southern Baptist came out as gay, it prompted a ‘major reckoning’: could he reconcile his religion with his sexuality?

The Guardian - US

Southern Baptists' Ethics Commission Affirms Leader, Urges Caution

ERLC trustees affirm Leatherwood's leadership and plan to engage pastors for support and understanding in navigating cultural complexities.

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Review: Inside the Southern Baptist Sexual Assault Crisis

Author Christa Brown shares her story of abuse and exposes the hypocrisy inherent in the Southern Baptist Convention's cover-up.

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After a slew of controversies, the SBC turns to a low-key leader to keep things cool

Clint Pressley, 55, the newly elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention, is a hard-working pastor of North Carolina’s fifth-largest Baptist church with two large campuses in suburban Charlotte

The Independent UK

Southern Baptists may have rejected a constitutional amendment opposing female pastors, but that does not mean they are changing their views on women’s leadership in church

The recent annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention saw a number of motions related to women. The Conversation asked Susan Shaw, a gender and sexuality studies scholar who studies Southern Baptist women, to explain the votes and other developments in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.

The Conversation

Paul Pressler, a former Southern Baptist leader accused of sexual abuse, dead at 94

One of the most influential evangelical figures of the last half-century, Pressler died about six months after he settled a high-profile lawsuit with a former member of his youth group.

The Texas Tribune

Alarmed by embryo destruction, Southern Baptists urge caution on IVF by couples and government

Southern Baptists have expressed alarm over the way in vitro fertilization is routinely being practiced at their annual meeting in Indianapolis

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Southern Baptists expel Virginia church for claiming women can be pastors

Delegates are now said to be considering a blanket ban on women pastors

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Southern Baptists to decide whether to formally ban churches with women pastors

Southern Baptists already can kick out churches that believe women can serve as pastors

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More than 10,000 Southern Baptists gather for meeting that could bar churches with women pastors

More than 10,000 voting representatives have gathered in Indianapolis for the opening of the Southern Baptist Convention’s two-day annual meeting

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From women pastors to sexual abuse to Trump, Southern Baptists have a busy few days ahead of them

Thousands will gather in Indianapolis June 11-12 for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention

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Southern Baptists are poised to ban churches with women pastors. Some are urging them to reconsider

The Southern Baptist Convention is preparing to vote on a proposed constitutional ban on churches with women pastors

Texas Observer

Surviving Baptistland

A well-known warrior in the #ChurchToo movement reveals in a new book how she escaped from an abusive Texas home and an abusive Southern Baptist church.

The Texas Tribune

Houston Rep. Lacey Hull defeats Paxton-backed Jared Woodfill in GOP primary

Woodfill’s endorsement by Paxton was decried by some Republicans because of his close ties to Southern Baptist leader Paul Pressler, who has been accused multiple times of sexual abuse.

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Southern Baptists expel church as pastor defends blackface and Native caricatures

Matoaka Baptist Church pastor said he was impersonating Ray Charles in one incident and dressed as a Native woman during "Cowboys and Indians Night" at a church camp.

The Independent UK

Southern Baptists expel Oklahoma church after pastor defends his blackface and Native caricatures

The Southern Baptist Convention has ousted an Oklahoma church whose pastor defended his blackface performance at one church event and his impersonation of a Native American woman at another

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: What is the Southern Baptists’ problem with women?

At their annual meeting in New Orleans last week, Southern Baptists doubled down on their crusade against female clergy. “Messengers” (delegates) of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination ratified the expulsion of two congregations — one of them Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California — for condoning the ordination of women.

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Southern Baptists expel churches with women pastors – but the debate’s not just about gender

The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant group in the United States, overwhelmingly voted to expel two congregations with women pastors on June 14, 2023, during their annual convention.

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