JACKSONVILLE, Fla — On Sunday, Bethel Baptist Church in downtown Jacksonville celebrated its 185th year anniversary as Florida’s oldest Baptist church. “It speaks to our imprint and impact to be the ...

Mormon church advances $27M Jax temple project Jax nonprofits are becoming developers to meet housing needs Jax nonprofits ...

Some Baptist churches are actively running away from any hint they may support women in leadership while others are embracing ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — If congregants of First Baptist Church in Jacksonville want to remain members, they have to sign a statement vowing to oppose LGBTQ+ freedoms. Senior Pastor Heath Lambert has said ...

Long before making national news in January for its anti-LGBTQ+ ultimatum, First Baptist Church was well-known for decades as one of the largest congregations in the country, with a ...

Members of First Baptist Church Jacksonville are now having to sign what’s called the “First Baptist Statement on Biblical Sexuality” in order to remain members of the church. The statement sent out ...

A Jacksonville megachurch is requiring members to sign a new, anti-LGBTQ pledge committing to adhere to “biblical sexuality” — or leave the church. Describing the oath as “an exercise in clarity… in a ...

After a week of headlines about an upcoming deadline for members to sign a form agreeing to the church’s “Statement of Biblical Sexuality” on its stance on LGBTQ+ and other “sins” of what he termed a ...