(RNS) — Students of British history are familiar with the Great Ejection of 1662, when on St. Bartholomew’s Day that year several thousand “dissenting” ministers — Nonconformist Puritans who would not ...

Southern Baptist Evangelist Junior Hill, a "country preacher" known for leading more than 1,800 revivals across the South, died on Wednesday at his home in Hartselle, Ala. Baptist Press reported. He ...

Life for Baptist preachers in early Missouri was not ideal since many, though driven to share the gospel, needed other avocations to support themselves and their families. In an article for The ...

Baptists also believe that each individual church is autonomous and should make its own decisions rather than relying on the authority of a bishop or pope. These core Baptist convictions led to great ...