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In the weeks leading up to the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention, calls for greater financial transparency, drastic changes in the direction and leadership of the ERLC, as well as the adoption of the Law Amendment were building momentum. Numerous... Continue Reading »
Giant flowers filled the screen as kids filed into LifePoint Church Smyrna for the final day of their 2025 Vacation Bible School. Reflecting Lifeway’s 2025 theme — Magnified! — the worship center was decorated with large ants, squirrels, caterpillars,... Continue Reading »
Calling SBC messengers at the 2025 annual meeting in Dallas to recognize God’s grace this past year, SBC President Clint Pressley said he is “glad to be Southern Baptist” and invited listeners to join in the celebration. “In the... Continue Reading »
The North American Mission Board shared ways churches can engage in reaching North America and reported on the results of Crossover Dallas during its presentation on June 10 to the SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas. “I’m reminded of what... Continue Reading »
Editor’s note: Sunday, June 22, is Mission:Dignity Sunday in the Southern Baptist Convention.By Karoline Chapman Psalm 68:5 says, “God in his holy dwelling is a father to the fatherless and a champion of widows.” On June 22, Southern Baptists... Continue Reading »
International Mission Board President Paul Chitwood encouraged all Southern Baptists to recognize their role in missions during the IMB report at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Dallas. Chitwood delivered the report to messengers near the conclusion of... Continue Reading »
Southern Baptists united to celebrate 58 newly appointed International Mission Board missionaries during the June 10 opening session of the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Dallas. Church messengers watched as missionaries took the stage to share their calling... Continue Reading »
In 1925, Southern Baptists faced a “percolating maelstrom of denominational uncertainty,” Executive Committee President Jeff Iorg said in his EC report to messengers to the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting June 10. And in a time when solutions were needed,... Continue Reading »
Southern Baptist messengers to the 2025 Annual Meeting rejected an amendment last Wednesday, June 11, that would have required the Southern Baptist Convention to publish detailed financial information like IRS Form 990 disclosures. The vote defeated efforts to force... Continue Reading »
A collective resolution on restoring moral clarity regarding gender, marriage and the family arguably covered the most ground on Southern Baptist concerns, but messengers also approved measures aimed at pornography, chemical abortion pills, international religious freedom, and the growing... Continue Reading »
Messengers to the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention submitted 28 motions in Dallas, narrowly defeated a proposed constitutional amendment and voted not to abolish the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission during the two-day session of the Convention held June 10-11.... Continue Reading »
South Carolina pastor Josh Powell spotlighted three qualities of “an approved worker of God” during the Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference in Dallas. “A minister of the gospel must not be interested in creating a reputation for himself,” the pastor... Continue Reading »
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