The Dekalb County-based Cooperative Baptist Fellowship joined a lawsuit earlier this month to restore protections to places of worship after the Trump administration changed policy last month.

The Southern Baptist Convention is the nation's largest Protestant denomination denomination. It is headquartered in Nashville.

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee said they face rising legal bills but defended the nation’s ...

Southern Baptists have been missionary minded since their first day and their first action. When 293 delegates gathered in 1845 in Augusta, Georgia, for the inaugural ...

Georgia cities, counties, and school districts are scrambling to meet a March 1 deadline for deciding whether to opt out of ...

Lynelle Sweat Mason passed away on February 11, 2025, after a sudden abdominal aneurysm, just short of her 94 th birthday.

Lynelle Sweat Mason passed away on February 11, 2025, after a sudden abdominal aneurysm, just short of her 94 th birthday. She was born on Feb. 24, 1931, to Rev. John Ward Sweat, Sr. and Cleo Jordan ...

A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to ...

State Rep. Lehman Franklin and his wife are expecting their first child via IVF this summer. His bill would establish the procedure as a legal right.

Each year during the month of February, Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church celebrates Black History Month and focus on achievements of notable African Americans. In keeping with Dr. Carter G. Woodson’s, ...

There are 130 tickets available to the event and they are $30 per person. Purchase them at The Colquitt Shopper or by ...

Fermín A. Whittaker, the longest-tenured executive director of California Southern Baptist Convention (CSBC), died Friday, Feb. 7, at his Nashville home after a lengthy illness. He was ...