Born in Northern Ireland, William Cathcart was raised in a devout Presbyterian family. While studying for the ministry, he came across Alexander Carson's book "Baptism in its Mode and Subjects." ...

The handwritten resolution, signed by 116 Baptist ministers from Massachusetts who called slavery “repugnant,” was thought to have been lost. By Aishvarya Kavi The Rev. John Odams, pastor of the ...

Founded as a Freewill Baptist educational institution, Bates College possesses one of the most important and comprehensive collections of archival and library material related to this denomination in ...

(RNS) — On June 9, two Southern Baptist pastors, Tom Ascol of Florida and Tom Buck of Texas, called on the delegates to next week’s denominational meeting in Nashville to rescind Resolution 9, which ...

Both are also Baptists and found in their studies that Baptist history offered a way of looking at the larger story of religion in America. “When you’re looking at religious trends in America, there’s ...

The history of First Baptist Church of San Angelo, 37 E. Harris Ave, can be difficult to pin down, because Baptists were active in Tom Green County early on. But their beginnings can definitely be ...

On 21 Curve Street in West Newton, a quietly regal white building sits facing the road. The sign in the front identifies the structure as the historically Black Myrtle Baptist Church. For 149 years, ...

Pastor Ron Henderson sees his appointment as the first Black vice president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention as an opportunity to unite and bring people together. Henderson, pastor of Mt. Nebo ...

Concerned over the direction that some leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention have recently taken, a number of pastors in the denomination have formed the “Conservative Baptist Network.” The ...

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 ...