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Citing Challenges Overcome 100 Years Ago, Iorg Urges Southern Baptists to Choose Cooperation

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 »

Resolutions Include Moral Clarity, Sports Betting, Banning Pornography

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 »

Dallas Messengers Celebrate Milestones, Reject Amendment Barring Women Pastors

Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Dallas celebrated two important milestones: the 100th anniversaries of the Baptist Faith and Message statement and the Cooperative Program. Nearly 10,600 messengers registered for the June 11-12 annual meeting, topping... Continue Reading »

Pastors Have ‘the Most Important Job,’ Pastors’ Conf. Attendees Told

Pastors were encouraged to keep their focus on God’s work and God’s approval during the second session of the SBC Pastors’ Conference June 9 in Dallas. The session featured sermons by David Kim, Jamie Dew and Josh Powell at... Continue Reading »

As the BF&M Turns 100, Baptist History Repeats Itself, Historians Say

“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 Dallas: City of History, Family Fun

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 »

SBC Abuse Prevention Relaunches with Essentials 2.0, Blogs, State Resources, More

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 »

At 100, CP’s Past Portends Bright Future

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 »

8 Resolutions Proposed for 2025 SBC Annual Meeting

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 »

Thirty Years On, We Still Do

Thirty years. Three decades. It couldn’t have been that long, could it? Yes, it has been. The Jeff Robinson family came into existence a few minutes after 3:30 p.m. on June 3, 1995, at House of Prayer Church in... Continue Reading »

Guest Viewpoint: Re-Litigating the Law Amendment

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 »

Pastors Remain Committed to the Pulpit

Pastors face unique challenges in their role and often feel overwhelmed, but few decide to step away from the pulpit and pursue another career. Only around 1 in 100 pastors leave the ministry each year, according to a Lifeway... Continue Reading »