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“The hour of magnetic concern” had arrived at the SBC Annual Meeting, as the Tennessee Baptist and Reflector put it. The Convention’s confession of faith was the topic at hand. Messengers were debating whether to tailor it specifically to... Continue Reading »
Welcome to our hometown of Dallas. GuideStone, the only one of the historic boards of the Southern Baptist Convention based west of the Mississippi River, has grown up alongside the city. In 1918, when Southern Baptists selected Dallas as... Continue Reading »
The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee is relaunching its abuse prevention and response website with expanded resources to equip churches to create safe spaces for children and adults to worship God unhindered by abuse. An updated Essentials 2.0 curriculum,... Continue Reading »
It was a challenging time for the SBC’s Cooperative Program (CP). The U.S. economy slowed. Baptist leaders committed embarrassing and costly sins. As some alleged creeping liberalism in the Convention, doctrinal squabbles threatened cooperation. The SBC president put it... Continue Reading »
Resolutions to be presented to messengers to the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting include calls to ban sports betting and pornography and strong statements on the natural family and religious liberty. The SBC Committee on Resolutions released its proposed resolutions... Continue Reading »
Do Southern Baptists believe women can be pastors? Recent inaction by the SBC’s Credentials Committee has left this an open question. But this month in Dallas, Southern Baptists will have another opportunity to answer definitively. Pastor Juan Sanchez announced... Continue Reading »
Editor’s note: This piece is a bonus piece in a five-part series leading up to the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Baptist Faith and Message at the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas. “His going cast the... Continue Reading »
Q&A with Tony Wolfe, co-editor of “A Unity of Purpose” In 2023, the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee assembled a small team to help prepare for the centennial anniversary of the Cooperative Program in 2025. Tony Wolfe, executive director-treasurer... Continue Reading »
Four thousand and one Southern Baptists from across the states entered the newly constructed Ellis Auditorium Wednesday, May 13, 1925, as the morning sun crested the eastern hills which stood guard over the Crossroads of the South. On the... Continue Reading »
Louisiana pastor Jay Adkins says he plans to nominate current SBC Recording Secretary Nathan Finn for another term when Southern Baptists gather in Dallas, June 10-11. “Dr. Finn is imminently qualified to serve in this area. He is a... Continue Reading »
SBC President Clint Pressley has announced that Jonathan Coleman will chair the Registration Committee for the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas in June. Coleman, pastor of Harvey Baptist Church in Stephenville, Texas, was a member of the committee... Continue Reading »
Exactly 100 years to the day and within a few hundred yards of the exact location where the event occurred, Tony Wolfe, executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, led a Centennial Celebration on May 13, commemorating adoption... Continue Reading »
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