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Send Relief reports ministry impact, encourages churches to pray, give, go and grow

More than 60,000 people were mobilized through Send Relief last year, helping meet needs for more than 2.5 million people and creating more than 816,000 Gospel conversations through local churches around the world. During the Send Relief presentation at... Continue Reading »

Truth and Unity Amendment Receives Initial Two-Thirds Approval

An amendment specifying the role of pastor and the act of preaching as limited to men, brought by Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler, received the first of two required two-thirds votes by messengers on June 10 to... Continue Reading »

Jeff Iorg Champions More Giving to Global Missions; Special Needs Ministry Report

Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee President Jeff Iorg championed increased giving to international missions in his June 9 report to the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting, also commending the findings of a Special Needs Ministry Task Force. He encouraged messengers... Continue Reading »

Kerns Elected SBC Recording Secretary

Travis Kerns, Three Rivers Baptist Association mission strategist and member of Greer First Baptist Church, was elected as SBC recording secretary during the Orlando SBC Annual Meeting’s Tuesday afternoon session. He won a three-way race with Mississippi pastor Jonathan... Continue Reading »

More Than 1,000 Salvations Through Crossover Orlando

Ahead of their annual meeting, Southern Baptists intentionally engaged the host city of Orlando to serve the community and proclaim the gospel. Tuesday morning, June 9, North American Mission Board Vice President of Evangelism Tim Dowdy shared that more... Continue Reading »

Rice Wins SBC Presidency in Orlando

Florida pastor Willy Rice defeated Josh Powell, lead pastor of Taylors First Baptist Church in Taylors, S.C., in the presidential election during the Wednesday afternoon session of the 2026 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Orlando, Fla. Rice, senior... Continue Reading »

‘Don’t despise the small things,’ Scroggins tells Pastors

Editor’s Note: Wayne Bray, pastor of First Baptist Simpsonville/Upstate Church in South Carolina, was elected president of the 2027 SBC Pastors’ Conference in Indianapolis. Pastors should be thinking about how God might use their churches and the Southern Baptist... Continue Reading »

WMU Elects New President, Emphasizes What is ‘Meant for the Mission’

Carolyn Fountain was elected the 25th president of Woman’s Missionary Union during the WMU Missions Celebration and Annual Meeting June 7 in Orlando, Fla. She is the first African American woman to serve in this role. Held in the... Continue Reading »

Diverse Group of Churches, Ministries Come Together for Evangelism Through Crossover Orlando

Twenty-eight years ago, members from First Baptist Church in Kissimmee began to pray that the church might someday own the field that adjoined their church property. As part of the events surrounding Crossover from June 1 to June 6,... Continue Reading »

What Do You Mean “The SBC Only Exists Two Days a Year”? How the SBC Works

Beginning in 1845 in Augusta, Ga., the Southern Baptist Convention began with a laser-focused purpose: missions and education for the expansion of God’s kingdom. Made up of churches freely cooperating under those dual banners, the SBC quickly grew into... Continue Reading »

Why Should You Attend the SBC Annual Meeting?

It is rare to find an evangelical Christian under 50 who has been a part of one denomination for their entire church life. I was born into a family that was deeply committed to the local church and equally... Continue Reading »

Why I Support Josh Powell for SBC President

I first met Josh Powell in a Sunday school class in LaGrange, Ky., around 26 years ago. It was 2000, and we were both Deep South boys about to embark on studies at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Our... Continue Reading »