Louisiana pastor and SBC First Vice President Jay Adkins will chair a task force that will study the impact of recommendations brought about by the Great Commission Resurgence Report and adopted by Southern Baptists in 2010. The task force was called for in a motion at the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting in New Orleans to […]
Addressing “things we have never done before” in the history of the Southern Baptist Convention will permeate discussions of those who will present a report next June that could reassert or redefine what constitutes a church to be in friendly cooperation with the SBC, said President Bart Barber. “These declarations that churches are not in […]
With the arrival of Hurricane Idalia in Florida’s Big Bend area, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief teams began assessing the damage in preparation for a response. “We have been in touch with SBDR leaders in the storm’s path and been involved in preparations,” Coy Webb, Crisis Response director for Send Relief, told Baptist Press Aug. 30. […]
Chris Craighead Jr. has been in college ministry for 12 years. But in that relatively short period of time, he’s seen a shift in how students see the Church. More to the point, there’s a difference in how much they trust it. “Students are leery of the Church,” said Craighead, college pastor at North Monroe […]
Willie McLaurin has stepped down as interim president and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee and is no longer considered to be a candidate for that position by the presidential search team. McLaurin confessed to EC Chairman Phillip Robertson and EC Presidential Search Committee Chairman Neal Hughes Aug. 17 that his education credentials were forgeries. […]
Southern Baptist Disaster Relief teams from three states are joining those in New England to assist cleanup after flooding that damaged homes and at times isolated entire towns in Vermont. Two coordination sites have been established. New England Baptists are leading efforts in Barre, Vt., alongside Disaster Relief volunteers from Kentucky and South Carolina. Forty-five […]
A generational rainstorm that put downtown streets under two feet of water stopped inches short of the steps to Enough Ministries. “We were just high enough to avoid it,” Pastor Dan Molind told Baptist Press. Many others weren’t as fortunate. At least 10 Southern Baptist churches have sustained damage, said Molind, who is also the […]
A motion to clarify Southern Baptists’ stance against women filling the role of pastor was passed by SBC messengers in New Orleans. The motion, first brought last year by Virginia pastor Mike Law, received the required two-thirds vote by messengers. Another two-thirds vote of approval is necessary at next year’s annual meeting to proceed with […]
The COVID-19 pandemic created short-term challenges for Southern Baptist mission efforts. But it included the opportunity to re-assess missiological practices while encountering a world re-awakened to its mortality and eternal matters. No SBC entity faced trickier maneuvering in the late winter and spring of 2020 than the International Mission Board. As COVID rates soared and […]
Opening Day defines what baseball fans love about the sport. The sights, sounds and smells funnel together in the game day experience. There is a near-giddy optimism for the months ahead. Hopes hang on the concept of potential, whether in fast-twitch young players ready to make their mark or veterans eager to show they still […]