Southern Baptist Convention President Ed Litton will not seek reelection at the convention's annual meeting this June, Litton announced Tuesday afternoon. The Alabama pastor's decision is uncommon in ...

NASHVILLE — Ed Litton would have been happy remaining a local church pastor. Instead, Litton finds himself leading the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. as it faces continued divisions over ...

Pastor Ed Litton, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, has been under fire recently after being accused of plagiarism involving his sermons for the Redemption Church in Mobile, Alabama.

(RNS) – A bridge builder whose life has been touched by tragedy, newly elected Southern Baptist Convention President Ed Litton faces the challenge of healing rifts in the country's largest Protestant ...

Newly elected Southern Baptist Convention President Ed Litton, pastor of Redemption Church in Mobile, has pulled videos of numerous sermons off the church’s YouTube account after accusations that he ...

Southern Baptist Church pastor Ed Litton, elected June 15 as president of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, is expected to be in the hot seat Friday over questions of alleged sermon ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The Southern Baptist Convention tamped down a push from the right at its largest meeting in decades on Tuesday, electing a new president who has worked to bridge ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) — Litton, an Alabama pastor known for his work on racial reconciliation, is a relative unknown despite serving in several prominent SBC posts since the early 2000s. NASHVILLE, ...

Ed Litton called the investigative report on sexual abuse, "long overdue." The president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Ed Litton, said the damning independent investigative report on sex abuse ...

The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), America's largest Christian Protestant denomination, elected a moderate pastor as its president and declined to wade into the political battle over critical race ...

The Alabama pastor, known for his inclusion of women and work on racial justice, beat out Mike Stone of the Conservative Baptist Network in a runoff. Pastor Ed Litton, championed by supporters as a ...