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 ...

After three years in academic purgatory, the school is back in the good graces of its accreditors.

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 ...

All sanctions against Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary have been lifted by the Southern Association of Colleges and ...

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 ...

Prominent conservative theologian Albert Mohler said he would propose an amendment making the Southern Baptist Convention's position clear.

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler speaks in 2013 at the Louisville school's convocation ceremony. (Bruce Schreiner/AP) Perspective by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove This week, ...

More than two decades after the Southern Baptist Convention — the country’s second-largest faith group — apologized to African Americans for its active defense of slavery in the 1800s, its flagship ...

A prominent Southern Baptist leader has been removed as president of his seminary after coming under fire for controversial comments to and about women, including advice that women who are abused by ...

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 ...