Johnson Ferry Baptist Church officials said Thursday that a fire in the chapel building caught fire Wednesday evening but was ...

An American Baptist church in Iowa City has announced that it will perform same-sex weddings, presumably the state’s first Baptist congregation to do so since Iowa’s Supreme Court legalized gay ...

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - After a 15-year career marked by bold social stands including officiating same-sex weddings, the Rev. Steve Jones retired on Sunday as pastor of the 500-member Southside Baptist ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- They have lived together for five years. They have a garden and a dog. They have a joint bank account. But only recently did they have the right to be married at their church. David ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Inspired by the famous 19th-century couple Charles Stratton and Lavinia Warren, the tradition of hosting a "Tom Thumb" wedding carries on to this day. Fellowship Baptist Church ...

The Rev. Dr. Ellin Jimmerson was the first Southern Baptist minister to marry same-sex couples in Alabama - and will likely be the last. Jimmerson, who holds a master's in theology and a doctorate in ...