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Southern Baptist Convention

As Tennessee pastors and politicians clash over Trump’s immigration agenda, their congregations are divided

Marianna Bacallao

May 30, 2025

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As evangelical Christians continue to support President Donald Trump, church leadership is taking issue with his immigration policies.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Brent Taylor, Christian, Christianity, evangelical, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Lifeway, Southern Baptist Convention, tnleg, tnpol

NashVillager Podcast: Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission up for debate

Nina Cardona

May 27, 2025

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Who gets to be the public face of faithful people? Plus, the local news for May 27 and WNXP’s Nashville Artist of the Month.

Filed Under: NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Southern Baptist Convention

Southern Baptist Convention membership declines while baptisms rise

Marianna Bacallao

April 30, 2025

Fewer people identify as Southern Baptists, and fewer churches are a part of the Nashville-based denomination, according to an annual report.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Christian, Christianity, Lifeway, religion, Southern Baptist Convention

NashVillager Podcast: The limits of a church’s confidentiality

Nina Cardona

January 21, 2025

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What does a court case tell us about the intersection of religion and the law? Plus, the local news for January 21, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Southern Baptist Convention

Oops. Southern Baptist agency announces firing of its leader, then retracts that announcement.

Peter Smith, AP

July 23, 2024

There’s been a head-spinning reversal of messages from the public-policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention. On Sunday, its leader applauded President Joe Biden’s “selfless act” of withdrawing his candidacy for re-election. On Monday, the agency announced the firing of that leader, Brent Leatherwood. But on Tuesday, it retracted that announcement.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: religion, Southern Baptist Convention

NashVillager Podcast: Politics and the Southern Baptist Convention

Nina Cardona

June 13, 2024

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How does the annual national meeting of Southern Baptists affect Tennessee’s political landscape? Plus your local newscast for June 13, 2024.

Filed Under: NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: religion, Southern Baptist Convention

Southern Baptists narrowly reject formal ban on churches with any women pastors

Peter Smith, APandHolly Meyer, AP

June 12, 2024

Delegates at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting have narrowly rejected a proposal to enshrine a ban on churches with women pastors in the denomination’s constitution. The outcome still leaves the SBC with its official doctrinal statement saying the office of pastor is limited to men.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, religion, Southern Baptist Convention

Southern Baptists are poised to ban churches with women pastors. Some are urging them to reconsider

Peter Smith, AP

June 10, 2024

The Southern Baptist Convention is preparing to vote on a proposed constitutional ban on churches with women pastors. The vote will take place at the annual meeting of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination June 11-12 in Indianapolis. The denomination’s statement of faith says the office of pastor is reserved for men. However, that statement is non-binding. By some estimates, the proposal could affect hundreds of churches with women as either lead or associate pastors. The denomination can’t tell its independent churches what to do, but it can boot them out. Even without a formal ban last year, it ousted one of its largest congregations, Saddleback Church of California, for having women pastors.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, religion, Southern Baptist Convention

NashVillager Podcast: Church membership declines

Nina Cardona

May 13, 2024

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What story do church membership numbers really tell? Plus your local newscast for May 13, 2024.

Filed Under: NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: religion, Southern Baptist Convention

Southern Baptists pushed to ban abortion, but their leader wants a key safeguard added in Tennessee

Blake Farmer

October 5, 2022

Bart Barber
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Tennessee is one of the few states that has banned abortion with no exceptions. The law has what’s known as an “affirmative defense” if a doctor performs an abortion because the pregnant person’s life was in danger. The newly elected Southern Baptist Convention president, Bart Barber, says that’s not enough.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, Southern Baptist Convention

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