Exoneration points to need for accuracy in criminal justice
SAN ANTONIO (BP) – One year ago today (Nov. 17), Raymond Flanks was exonerated of a 1983 murder in New Orleans and was released from prison after nearly 39 years. He serves as an example of the need for criminal justice reform that reflects biblical justice, a Southern Baptist attorney said.
Caring Well Sunday ‘opportunity to minister’
NASHVILLE (BP) – Caring Well Sunday, Sept. 24, is on the SBC Calendar this year for the first time, giving churches an opportunity to acknowledge the emotional toll of sexual abuse and commit to ensuring congregations are safe places.
Barber: ‘Vision of cooperation’ can offset SBC’s hindrances
NASHVILLE (BP) – SBC President Bart Barber reminded Executive Committee members that Southern Baptists have been this way before, threatened by “monetary shortfalls, leadership scandals, doctrinal conflict and political humiliation,” but the vision of cooperation that united them prevailed a century ago and can prevail now.
Motion to amend BF&M passes, task forces approved
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Messengers voted to amend the Baptist Faith and Message 2000, the statement of faith of the Southern Baptist Convention, to clarify the role of pastor Wednesday, June 14, at the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting in New Orleans.
Ministers’ wives honor Mary Mohler’s service
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Mary Mohler, wife of Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, was honored with the Willie Turner Dawson award at the Ministers’ Wives Luncheon Tuesday, June 13, at the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting in New Orleans.
CP-funded medical care ‘very reassuring’ to missionaries
RICHMOND, Va. (BP) – Johnny and Bonita Kron had been serving as missionaries in South Asia for about 10 years when she needed emergency medical care, including being airlifted to another region. In retrospect, Johnny Kron says his wife is still alive because Southern Baptists provide for their missionaries.
‘We know how blessed we are,’ former IMB missionary says of CP
RICHMOND, Va. (BP) – Glenn Creech served in Asia for 30 years through the International Mission Board and doesn’t recall encountering any workers from other missions organizations who received the kind of steady, generous financial support he received from Southern Baptists.
Diversity highlighted in staff reports to EC
NASHVILLE (BP) – The growing diversity of the Southern Baptist Convention was highlighted in reports given by SBC Executive Committee staff to the trustees Sept. 20 in Nashville.
Guidance in lament resolution was 1 Corinthians 5, Barber says
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – The apostle Paul’s admonition to the church at Corinth was the example the Committee on Resolutions followed for a resolution on lament and repentance for sexual abuse adopted by messengers to the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim, Calif. In the resolution, Southern Baptists publicly lamented the harm their “actions and […]
Lament, repentance for sexual abuse underscore resolutions
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) -- Southern Baptists publicly lamented the harm their “actions and inactions have caused to survivors of sexual abuse” in a resolution adopted by messengers to the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim, Calif., on June 15.
