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(The Center Square) – As Americans celebrate the 250th anniversary of independence, many also are celebrating the critical role pastors played in the American Revolution and are still playing today.

(RNS) — Southern Baptists have long believed that only men can be pastors. But for decades, the denomination took no action to expel churches where women pastors served. Then, in the middle of an ...

Rice supported the amendment barring churches with women pastors, as did Powell and the SBC’s departing president, Clint Pressley. Rice, senior pastor of Calvary Church in Clearwater, drew support ...

SAGINAW, MI — An “old soul” in a 23-year-old man’s body, Corey Clay Jr. said he’s ready for his calling as a reverend of a southeast Saginaw church. The Lansing native already has clocked plenty of ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Pastor Willy Rice was elected president of the Southern Baptist ...

The Rev. Willy Rice, a graduate of Samford University in Birmingham, was elected Tuesday as the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Rice has been senior pastor of the 10,000-member ...

A contingent seeking to push the denomination to the right secured its first major victory through the election of Willy Rice, a Florida pastor who wants to challenge “the system.” By Ruth Graham ...

The ousted founding pastor of the suburban megachurch Harvest Bible Chapel is selling his Elgin-area estate. James MacDonald has listed the six-bedroom house on the 14N300 block of Highland Avenue for ...