A prominent Southern Baptist seminary is taking corrective action as it reels from a cascade of financial mismanagement and reputational hits spanning several presidential administrations. Interim ...

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 ...

An accreditor sanctioned Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary on Wednesday, escalating an already dramatic saga marked by financial revelations and board infighting at the prominent Southern ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...