LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 22 (UPI) -- The upcoming Southern Baptist convention in Louisville, Ky., comes as the religious group is facing a decline in membership, officials say.
NASHVILLE, March 29 (UPI) -- William Reynolds, creator of Southern Baptist hymns such as "Share His Love," died Saturday in Nashville, his son said. He was 88.
NASHVILLE, March 25 (UPI) -- The former head of the largest U.S. black Baptist group, who served a prison term for embezzlement, is running for his old job.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- The largest black religious group in the United States began its annual convention Tuesday in Cincinnati, seven years after the city was torn by racial strife.
WASHINGTON, June 8 (UPI) -- Increasing numbers of Baptist churches in the United States are choosing new names to increase attendance, a survey indicates.
GREENSBORO, N.C., Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A North Carolina Baptist church that admits open homosexuals to membership and does not urge them to change has been expelled from a state religious body.
NEW YORK, June 19 (UPI) -- The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Thursday condemned a Southern Baptist leader for comparing Judaism with a potentially "deadly tumor."