Early voting at Friendship-West Baptist Church in Texas faces scrutiny due to its senior pastor, Frederick Haynes III, being a candidate on the ballot.

Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, founded in 1866 by newly freed black men and women, has been a foundation for Houston’s ...

Of all the primary elections on the March 3 ballot — from Tarrant County to Congress — these races are the ones we’re ...

His legacy is reflected not only by his accomplishments in the field of law, but also in the countless lives he uplifted ...

A Kannapolis church says its senior pastor is no longer on staff after recent allegations were shared with leadership. In a statement shared with WCNC Charlotte on Feb. 12, 2026, Charity Baptist ...

The Rev. Wiley Drake, a pastor who sparked an eight-year Southern Baptist boycott of the Walt Disney Co., has died. Drake died Jan. 27, Baptist Press hadreported this week. He was 82.

Magnolia native the Rev. Wiley S. Drake Sr., 82, a longtime Southern Baptist pastor best known for helping rally Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) churches to boycott Disney in the 1990s, ...

Wiley Drake, a politically outspoken pastor and former vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention known for his advocacy for the poor, has died at the age of 82 ...

Drake, a fixture at SBC meetings, was a culture warrior, a biblical inerrantist and a fierce fighter for what he thought was right — including feuding with city officials who wanted to shut down the ...

The 41st annual Western Kentucky Evangelism Conference will be Monday, March 2, at Southside Baptist Church again this year, but will feature a change from the ...

Baptist leaders should have known Keenan Hord posed a danger to minors at First Baptist Church in Bentonville, Ark., ...

Southern Baptist leaders signed an amicus brief sent to the U.S. Supreme Court Feb. 9 arguing in favor of Will McRaney’s case.