(RNS) —The Southern Baptist Convention has lost 3 million members since 2006, about half of that in the last five years. (RNS) — The long, slow decline of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination ...

SBC Annual Church Profile for 2022 shows yet another year of decline in membership and number of churches, while gains in giving and baptisms. Drop in membership numbers due in part to updated church ...

Membership in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has fallen for the 18th consecutive year, with total membership now at 12,722,266—the lowest reported since 1974—according to new data released ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — A Good Friday fire that destroyed ...

Turner Ridge Baptist Church celebrated its 150th anniversary Sunday, reflecting on the occasion when two different churches ...

Leaders celebrate a quarter-million baptisms in 2024, the most since before the pandemic. The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) continued its 18-year membership skid last year, while churches in the ...

Tuesday marked the official groundbreaking to rebuild Antioch Missionary Baptist Church. The historic church building, which was more than 100 years old, will be renovated to include an empowerment ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Fellowship Baptist Church hosted a weeklong revival and spiritual empowerment retreat recently, the theme of which was “The Power Of The Holy Spirit and Spiritual Empowerment.” ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The Lubbock County Historical Commission will unveil a Texas Historical Marker on Sunday, December 11, 2022, at 12:30 p.m. recognizing the Greater St. Luke Missionary Baptist ...

A man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of arson after a fire last week destroyed the historic Victory Baptist Church in South Los Angeles and injured three firefighters, according to authorities. The ...

The first Black Baptist church established in Caddo Parish, once restored, is now plagued with structural deficiencies that could put it in danger of being completely lost. The Antioch Baptist Church, ...

The long, slow decline of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination continues. Membership in the Southern Baptist Convention was down by nearly half a million in 2022, according to a recently ...