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It's extremely unusual to read a headline like that these days. Baptist church consultant Thom Rainer writes in "Breakout Churches" that the average tenure of pastors is 3.6 years. Church statistician ...

(RNS) — He's still listed on the program as giving the sermon at his denomination's annual convention in Dallas on June 12-13. (RNS) — Paige Patterson is still listed on the program as giving the ...

Paige Patterson will no longer preach an honorary sermon at the annual meeting of America’s largest Protestant denomination this month. The figurehead of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) was ...

The Paige Patterson scandal just scratches the surface of a movement that has created a ripe environment for sexual harassment and abuse. April Armstrong just wanted an education. When she entered ...

A prominent Southern Baptist leader recently fired from a Texas seminary for responding inappropriately when women told him they were raped will not deliver the convention sermon at the big ...

A prominent Southern Baptist leader has issued an apology just days after thousands of Southern Baptist women signed an open letter to the trustees of his seminary that said they were shocked by his ...

A prominent Southern Baptist leader, facing mounting criticism for his remarks on domestic abuse and women, has apologized for a sermon story he shared about a teenage girl's appearance. The apology ...

When Bishop Gilbert Patterson began his sermon at the Temple of Deliverance church in Memphis one recent Sunday, his voice started off soft and velvety. He compared the struggles of Israel's King ...

Prominent Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson was removed Wednesday from his job as president of his seminary amid a backlash from thousands of women, but that doesn’t mean his role in the ...

In yet another blow to the Southern Baptist leader’s status, officials announced Friday morning that Paige Patterson has stepped down from the role of convention preacher at the denomination’s annual ...