Union honors Chapman with M.E. Dodd Award
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| Union University President David S. Dockery presents Executive Committee President Morris H. Chapman this year's M.E. Dodd Award, which is given annually to a leader in Southern Baptist life. Photo by Morris Abernathy |
“Dr. Chapman is a worthy recipient and a person we have grown to love at Union University,” Union President David S. Dockery said. “He has given great leadership to our convention as president of the Executive Committee. We thank God for him and for his leadership among Southern Baptists.”
General: chaplains playing ‘critical role’ in world
GREENSBORO, N.C. (BP)--“Times are dangerous and difficult. But God has raised you up for a time such as this,” Brig. Gen. Douglas L. Carver, U.S. Army Deputy Chief of Chaplains, told more than 100 Southern Baptist chaplains at an appreciation luncheon just prior to the SBC annual meeting June 12.
Golden Gate honors Saddleback’s Glen Kreun
GREENSBORO, N.C. (BP)--Glen Kreun, executive pastor at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., received June 14 Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary’s 2006 Distinguished Alumni Award during the Seminary’s Alumni and Friends Luncheon, held in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting.
Midwestern honors Iorg, 2 others at alumni luncheon
GREENSBORO, N.C. (BP)--There’s nothing better than a “personal touch,” especially when it comes to education. David Tolliver, president of the national alumni for Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, says this "personal touch" is present at the Missouri school.
Buddy Gray named alumnus of the year at Southern luncheon
GREENSBORO, N.C. (BP)--Southern Baptist Theological Seminary named Alabama pastor Buddy Gray its 2006 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year at the school's annual luncheon June 14 at the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Akin reflects on state of SBC, SEBTS in alumni address
GREENSBORO, N.C. (BP)--Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary President Daniel Akin told alumni June 14 that he is “optimistic, encouraged and forward-looking” concerning both the results of the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in Greensboro and the future of Southeastern Seminary in the days ahead.
Pastors’ wives tell of sharing joy in the midst of life’s battles
GREENSBORO, N.C. (BP)--“I don’t know about you, but when I see a battle out there in front of me going on, it’s hard for me to just stand,” Teresa Brown admitted at the Pastors’ Wives session of the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors’ Conference June 12. Brown said John 14:27 describes the peace God offers even in the midst of a battle.
Kelley recognized for decade of service at New Orleans Seminary
GREENSBORO, N.C. (BP)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary alumni honored Chuck Kelley for 10 years of service as president during the school’s alumni and friends luncheon at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Greensboro, N.C., June 14. Three others were honored with distinguished alumni and service awards.
Midwestern Seminary reports record growth & expansion
GREENSBORO, N.C. (BP)--After three straight years of record-breaking student headcounts, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President R. Philip Roberts reminded Southern Baptists of the school's commitment "in the heartland to reach the hearts of the world."
WRAP-UP: Speakers urge unity in SBC; messengers elect Frank Page new president; Rice says U.S. has ‘moral’ duty in world
GREENSBORO, N.C. (BP)--In an annual meeting marked by repeated calls for cooperation in evangelism and missions, Southern Baptists June 13-14 in Greensboro, N.C., elected a new president, stressed increased giving through the Cooperative Program and remembered the late Adrian Rogers, whose widow urged the denomination to “graciously work for unity in the body of Christ.”
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| A sign outside the Greensboro Coliseum welcomes more than 11,000 messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting and other related meetings June 11-14 in Greensboro, N.C. Photo by Matt Miller |
The meeting marked the final one for SBC President Bobby Welch, whose “Everyone Can” emphasis set a goal of baptizing 1 million in one year. The 12-month push began last October and runs through the final week of September, which marks the end of the SBC's church year.
For the second straight year, more than 11,000 messengers attended the meeting. The unofficial total of 11,639 would be barely under last year's total of 11,641.
“We will baptize a million in a year. I don’t know if it will be this year. [But] we could baptize a million this year if you’d get up and get out of here and go to work," an optimistic Welch said to loud applause on the final night, which featured a musical finale featuring the Bellevue Baptist Church choir and the "Everyone Can" People's Mass Choir, as well as some 75 large Scripture-themed banners displayed throughout the Greensboro Coliseum.
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| Three stacks of orange ballots represent votes cast in the presidential election on June 13 at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Greensboro, N.C. SBC messengers cast 8,961 ballots to elect their new president, Frank Page of Taylors, S.C. Photo by Matt Miller |
In what some considered a surprise, South Carolina pastor Frank Page was elected SBC president on the first ballot over two nominees. His election came amidst a movement in the denomination for a greater emphasis on Cooperative Program giving and in broadening involvement among conservatives in the appointment process. Page’s church, First Baptist Church in Taylors, S.C., gave 12.4 percent to the Cooperative Program during the most recent church year.
