Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas A prominent Southern Baptist seminary is taking corrective action ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During the tenure of a high-profile Southern Baptist leader, administrators at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Texas ...

A Southern Baptist seminary with historical ties to slavery has decided not to make monetary reparations to a nearby Baptist college founded in 1879 by formerly enslaved people, according to the ...

The largest Protestant denomination in the United States is apologizing for its dark history of racism. Lawrence Ware, professor of philosophy and Africana studies at Oklahoma State University. Former ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (RNS) — Founders of one of the nation’s largest seminaries owned more than 50 slaves and said that slavery was morally correct. But an internal investigation found no evidence the ...

After an unflinching look at its racist past, SBC’s flagship seminary aims to honor a more diverse population on campus. After overhearing a tour guide honoring the early leaders of Southern Baptist ...

The Rev. F. Bruce Williams earned one of his degrees from a Southern Baptist seminary, but the Black pastor who leads a large National Baptist congregation in Louisville, Kentucky discourages his ...

In the seven months since the death of Breonna Taylor, we’ve seen Louisville put the statue of John Breckinridge Castleman in storage and the state mothball its statue of Jefferson Davis because of ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (RNS) — The seminary released a 71-page report Wednesday that says its early trustees and faculty 'defended the righteousness of slaveholding.' LOUISVILLE, Ky. (RNS) — Founders of one ...

Historic report on Southern Baptist Convention leaders' handling of abuse crisis leads to new revelations Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary admitted a sex offender who self-disclosed his ...

Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, the flagship school of the Southern Baptist Convention. He appointed the committee of researchers to prepare a report on the ...