NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Retired pastor Rick Warren, author of the publishing phenomenon, “The Purpose Driven Life,” has been intensifying a media blitz in what he acknowledges may be a lost cause. He is ...

The Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday expelled five churches, including the mega Saddleback Church, for installing women as senior or lead pastors, a role the group says the Bible reserves only ...

Pastor Andy Wood and his wife, Stacie, outside Saddleback Church in Lake Forest. She was recently named a teaching pastor and three other women were ordained as associate pastors. (Allison Dinner / ...

NEW ORLEANS — Church representatives have voted against welcoming a mega church in California back into the fold because it allows women pastors, the Southern Baptist Convention announced Wednesday.

Rick Warren, the founding pastor of Saddleback Church, asked delegates of the Southern Baptist Convention during its annual meeting on Tuesday to “agree to disagree” in the debate over whether the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Retired pastor Rick ...