Baptist Press

Members of the Association of Southern Baptist Colleges and Schools (ASBCS), meeting in Charleston, voted June 5 to change the name of the 51-member organization to the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities (IABCU). Also, Anderson University president... Continue Reading »

?I?m here to be of help. I don't care what echelon you?re in,? Roy Fish, interim president of the North American Mission Board, told 200 NAMB staffers during an introductory meeting June 27.... Continue Reading »

The immediate goals of the North American Mission Board's World Changers are to rehabilitate sub-standard homes and improve neighborhoods in 87 cities this summer.... Continue Reading »

Jerry Rankin has a God-sized vision for Southern Baptists: 10,000 churches working hand-in-hand with missionaries to reach a lost world. And now there's a new tool he hopes will help make it happen.... Continue Reading »

Look at Apple's iPod or Google's website. Consider Southwest Airlines or Papa John's Pizza. What do these successful companies have in common?... Continue Reading »

Newly elected Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page begins a regular series of columns in Baptist Press today, July 5, accompanying a webpage recently launched for him at the Southern Baptist Convention"s Internet site. The Baptist Press column will... Continue Reading »

Whether the person was a motorcycle rider in leather, a cowboy in boots and jeans, a Native American in Indian headdress or a kid in shorts and tennis shoes, the message of Crossover Triad 2006 was clear: Jesus Christ.... Continue Reading »

In a sermon focused on witnessing, baptizing and Cooperative Program missions, Southern Baptist Convention president Bobby Welch concluded his two years of service June 14 at the SBC's annual meeting in Greensboro, N.C.... Continue Reading »

Saying they hope to serve as a model for the rest of the Southern Baptist Convention, seminary presidents Al Mohler and Paige Patterson discussed their differences over the doctrine of election, stressing that believers can disagree on the topic... Continue Reading »

Messengers at the Southern Baptist Convention referred a motion to the International Mission Board raising concern over the appointment of trustees, alleged coercion of IMB staff and the narrowing of doctrinal parameters for missionary appointees. The board is to... Continue Reading »

A proposal for an Acts 1:8 strategy for 2006-07 garnered unanimous support from members of the Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists during their June 12 business meeting.... Continue Reading »

Average compensation for full-time Southern Baptist pastors increased more than $3,400 since 2004, according to a biennial ministers? compensation study.... Continue Reading »