DALLAS — Suzii Paynter has been named director of the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission (CLC) — the first woman to hold the influential position.
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — A Baptist church in Watertown, N.Y., has dismissed an 81-year-old female adult Sunday School teacher, citing a biblical passage that prohibits women from
CINCINNATI — The Progressive National Baptist Convention has named T. DeWitt Smith as its new president. Elected at the convention’s annual summer session, Smith will
CHICAGO — Willow Creek Community Church in suburban Chicago is the most influential church in America, according to The Church Report magazine. But two Southern
Alabama natives John and Dana Gunter have been appointed by the North American Mission Board as church-planting missionaries in Dothan. Prior to being appointed to
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Baptist Convention and Missouri Baptist University must sit down and discuss possible solutions to their ongoing legal battle. In
NEW ORLEANS — A new evangelistic plan for the New Orleans metropolitan area has been launched as a partnership involving the Baptist Association of Greater