The annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention voted to affirm a decision made earlier this year to remove Saddleback Church, a major southern California congregation founded by the pastor ...

In a series of decisions on abuse reform and the status of women pastors, Southern Baptist voting delegates, called messengers, refined what it means to be an autonomous church and still affiliate ...

The Topeka, Kan., church claims only about 100 members — almost all from the family of a man named Fred Phelps. "They're college educated. They're well-spoken. The daughter herself argued before ...