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Josh Powell, lead pastor of Taylors First Baptist Church in Taylors, S.C., was defeated by Florida pastor Wiley Rice in the presidential election during the Wednesday afternoon session of the 2026 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Orlando, Fla.... Continue Reading »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
South Carolina pastor Josh Powell will be nominated for the position of Southern Baptist Convention president at the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando. Powell, a 51-year-old pastor, serves as the lead pastor of Taylors First Baptist Church, a... Continue Reading »
The slate of resolutions for the 2026 Southern Baptist Convention has been released by the committee appointed by SBC President Clint Pressley. The group has released resolutions dealing with current SBC topics such as the office of the pastor... Continue Reading »
Two candidates have announced their willingness to be nominated for the office of president of the Southern Baptist Convention — Florida pastor Willy Rice and South Carolina pastor Josh Powell. Powell will be nominated by Tennessee pastor Jay Hardwick.... Continue Reading »
(Editors’ note: This is an extended version of an interview that was published in the June 2026 edition of The Baptist Courier magazine.) William (Willy) Rice is from Tampa, Fla., and has been a pastor for 42 years. He’s... Continue Reading »
Why would you say cooperation isn’t just important, but also cooperation with certain Baptist distinctives? It’s kind of like a railroad track. You have to have two parts: The cooperation is we work together, the conviction is we work... Continue Reading »
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