The changing religious landscape in the United States includes a decline in the total number of Protestant and Southern Baptist churches.

Southern Baptist churches lost more than a quarter-million members nationwide in 2024, the 18th straight year of decline, but saw baptism and attendance numbers rise. Congregations belonging to the ...

The Rev. Fred Luter, outgoing president of the Southern Baptist Convention. For Southern Baptists, it’s happened again: Another annual report shows the denomination is losing members and baptizing ...

(The Conversation) — Over the years, the Southern Baptist Convention has spoken out against many efforts to advance LGBTQ rights, writes a scholar who studies Southern Baptists. (The Conversation) — ...