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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... Continue Reading »
Messengers to the 2023 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in New Orleans approved nine resolutions, including ones on the legacy and responsibility of women fulfilling the Great Commission, the ethics of artificial intelligence, the office of pastor, and gender... Continue Reading »
Messengers voted to amend the Baptist Faith & Message 2000, the statement of faith of the Southern Baptist Convention, to clarify the role of pastor at the SBC Annual Meeting in New Orleans. The convention also approved the appointment... Continue Reading »
Messengers to the 2023 Southern Baptist Convention upheld the Executive Committee’s decision that Fern Creek Baptist in Louisville, Ky., Freedom Church in Vero Beach, Fla., and Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., are not in friendly cooperation with the... Continue Reading »
For the second straight year, baptisms and giving increased among Southern Baptist congregations. In-person worship service and small group attendance also rebounded, but total membership and the number of congregations slid. The Annual Church Profile compiled by Lifeway Christian... Continue Reading »
Prayer is a gift — an invitation to talk with God. But prayer can also be a challenge. How do believers experience the joy and fullness of prayer when it is so often accompanied by questions and mysteries? Lifeway... Continue Reading »
Saddleback Church founder and former pastor Rick Warren has provided five reasons the megachurch will appeal the decision of the SBC Executive Committee to find the church “not in friendly cooperation” with the Southern Baptist Convention. The EC made... Continue Reading »
Christian higher education leader David S. Dockery was elected 10th president, and Southern Baptist leader O.S. Hawkins was elected to the new role of chancellor, during the spring meeting of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary board of trustees on... Continue Reading »
Preston Nix, professor of evangelism at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, attended the first Crossover evangelism event in Las Vegas in 1989, and he’s been a part of Crossover more often than not throughout its history. This June 2023,... Continue Reading »
(Updated 5/30/23) As The Courier went to press on May 18, more than 8,800 messengers had pre-registered for the SBC Annual Meeting in New Orleans to convene June 13-14 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center — already passing... Continue Reading »
Episode 10 of “Road to New Orleans” features details of the ways Southern Baptists coming to New Orleans for the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting this June can be involved in hands-on ministry and evangelism in the city. Alex Brian,... Continue Reading »
(Updated 5/31/23) Much has changed for David Sons since mid-April. As the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting approaches in June, Sons is now the chairman of the Executive Committee and therefore an ex-officio member of a new search team tasked... Continue Reading »
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