Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steven Furtick, pastor of Elevation Church in North Carolina, at an event in Greenville on Nov. 14, 2018. Furtick's church ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Less than a month after finalizing the ouster of one of its largest churches for having women pastors, the Southern Baptist Convention has lost another of its biggest congregations.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elevation Church will open in the former Midnight Mulligan Brewing location near uptown Charlotte, the megachurch has said on ...

The Southern Baptist Convention has lost another one of its biggest megachurches after launching a purge of congregations with women pastors. The latest church to exit the SBC is North Carolina-based ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – The Matthews-based megachurch Elevation Church announced its withdrawal from the Southern Baptist Convention. In a letter to the convention stating its withdrawal is effective ...

A North Carolina megachurch, known for its popular music and charismatic pastor, has left the Southern Baptist Convention. In a letter sent to the SBC’s executive committee in Nashville and to the ...

Less than a month after finalizing the ouster of one of its largest churches for having women pastors, the Southern Baptist Convention has lost another of its biggest congregations. Limited time: Save ...

It could be any big rock show. Strobes are shooting out from behind the band onstage. A crowd of 1,600 sways back and forth, arms outstretched, singing along to every word. The music swells—keyboards, ...

The Nashville-based Southern Baptist Convention is dealing with turmoil over the terms by which a church affiliates with the denomination. Decisions at the 2023 SBC annual meeting in early June, ...

Elevation Church has shed its decades-long affiliation with the Southern Baptist Convention nearly two weeks after the convention upheld earlier decisions to expel churches with women pastors. A ...

CHARLOTTE — Elevation Church, a megachurch based in Charlotte, is withdrawing from the Southern Baptist Convention. In a letter addressed to the SBC, Elevation leadership said they are withdrawing ...