The historic Black Baptist church is being sued by a woman who claims gender discrimination stopped her from being hired as a senior pastor

Southern Baptist Convention expels four congregations for having a female senior minister. Two others for defying sex abuse policy, and a fourth for not financially participating. Southern Baptists shun church with female pastor, two others for sexual abuse policy. Four congregations have been kicked out of the convention for financial reasons.

Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City is sued by woman who says gender discrimination stopped her from being hired as senior pastor. Abyssinian Baptist Church and a former chair of the search committee are accused of gender discrimination, court documents show. The church is a historic African-American heritage church.

A lawsuit was filed against a New York City megachurch at the end of December accusing the church of gender discrimination against a female senior pastor candidate. The lawsuit claims the church discriminated against the candidate for a position of senior pastor. The church is a black church in New York.