9Marks at 9 examines ‘movement-driven’ vs. ‘church-centered’ mission paradigms
DALLAS (BP) – Jonathan Leeman addressed the elephant in the room right away.
Panel discusses critical need to ‘Safeguard’ the next generation
DALLAS (BP) – The statistics presented by a former FBI agent are shocking.
Pastors have ‘the most important job,’ Pastors’ Conf. attendees told
DALLAS (BP) – 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.
WMU Missions Celebration seeks to ‘Let the Nations Be Glad’
DALLAS (BP) – “Let the nations be glad,” urged WMU Missions Celebration speakers as they celebrated the anniversaries of the IMB Journeyman Program, the North American Mission Board’s Annie Armstrong Easter Offering and the WMU Foundation.
Nationwide effort aims to help churches reach ‘the campus across the street’
PHILADELPHIA (BP)- The task was enormous. They wanted every campus in the United States to have a Gospel ministry presence.
The Cooperative Program is worthy of celebration, say CP Stage panelists
INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – In anticipation of the 100th anniversary celebration of the Cooperative Program (CP) in 2025, Baptist Press editor Brandon Porter interviewed Tony Wolfe, executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, and John Kyle, communications director at the Louisiana Baptist Convention, on the CP Stage in the Exhibit Hall prior to the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention on June 10.
Wisdom-Martin, Dixon share stories to explain WMU’s work
INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – During their WMU report for messengers at the Wednesday, June 12, session of the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Indianapolis, Sandy Wisdom-Martin, executive director-treasurer, and Connie Dixon, president of National WMU, used stories to explain what their organization does.
‘9Marks at 9’ examines ‘Convention Authority vs. Church Authority’
INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – Theological differences in convention authority and church authority were considered during the first of two 9Marks sessions June 10 at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown. More than 1,400 people attended ahead of the SBC’s vote on the Law Amendment.
Messengers approve Cooperation Group recommendations regarding ‘friendly cooperation’
INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – During the Tuesday, June 11, evening session of the SBC annual meeting at the Indiana Convention Center, messengers approved four recommendations from the Cooperation Group, which was tasked in 2023 to study the issue of how Article 3 of the SBC Constitution references the Baptist Faith and Message.
‘Accept and bear the weaknesses’ of others, Barber urges in presidential address
INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – In his presidential address at the 2024 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Indianapolis, Bart Barber challenged messengers and guests to “get cooperation right” by bearing the weaknesses of one another, “even when the other guy is wrong.”
