S.C. pastor Frank Page joins contest for SBC presidency
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| Frank Page |
“It is so,” he told Baptist Press. “I can certainly confirm that I am going to allow my name to be recommended in Greensboro,” where the SBC’s June 13-14 annual meeting will be held.
State exec urges CP pres. for SBC; 2 more seminary presidents endorse Floyd; Burleson assures 2-man race
| Anthony Jordan BGCO Executive Director |
Anthony Jordan, executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, led a task force that has called on Southern Baptists to practice the biblical tithe. Among the task force’s various recommendations: the election of “state and national convention officers whose churches give at least 10 percent of their undesignated receipts through the Cooperative Program.”
The task force report was adopted by the executives of the state Baptist conventions and the SBC Executive Committee in February.
‘Everyone Can’ challenge to permeate SBC annual meeting
GREENSBORO, N.C. (BP)--The Southern Baptist Convention's June 13-14 annual meeting in Greensboro, N.C., for a second year will hold forth the "Everyone Can" initiative of SBC President Bobby Welch for SBC churches to baptize 1 million people during the current church year.
SBC presidency vote stirs intrigue & debate
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Intrigue abounds over the upcoming election of officers of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Floyd: Nomination unexpected, would seek spiritual renewal
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Drawing on his experience with a church-wide spiritual renewal that took place in his congregation 10 years ago, Ronnie Floyd, pastor of First Baptist Church in Springdale, Ark., says his desire is to lead a similar denomination-wide transformation for the Southern Baptist Convention.
La. pastor joins nominees for SBC 2nd vice president
WESTWEGO, La. (BP)--Louisiana pastor Jay Adkins will be nominated for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention by Joed Rice, pastor of Central Baptist Church in Ashland, Ky., according to a news release.
‘Crossover Triad’ to kick off SBC annual meeting
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| Dozens of "Bikers for Christ" will stream into the Triad area of Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point, N.C. for Crossover 2006 June 10-11, an evangelism effort timed to coincide with the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, which comes to Greensboro June 13-14. |
Thousands of volunteers representing hundreds of SBC churches will cover the three-city area, taking the Gospel outside church walls and into the streets. The campaign is jointly sponsored by the North American Mission Board, the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina and the Southern Baptist churches of the Piedmont, Pilot Mountain and Central Triad Associations.
Ronnie Floyd to be nominated for SBC president
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| Ronnie Floyd |
"Dr. Floyd is matched for our times because of his leadership through the years in our denomination," Hunt told Baptist Press.
Unity for ‘Everyone Can,’ baptisms boost Welch’s travels
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| SBC President Bobby Welch (left) stands with James I. Walker, pastor of Biltmore Baptist Church in Asheville, by a North Carolina map showing the Baptist associations committed to sponsor outdoor baptism rallies. Biltmore Baptist has participated in three such rallies where nearly 300 people have been baptized. Photo by Norm Miller |
“From the state convention’s executive building in Cary to the smallest church tucked back into the mountains, no other place or people have supported the Everyone Can effort any more than in North Carolina,” the Southern Baptist Convention president said.
SBC Executive Committee, boards, commission, seminaries, nominees announced
GREENSBORO, N.C. (BP)--Nominees to serve on the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, the four denominational boards -- International Mission Board, North American Mission Board, LifeWay Christian Resources and GuideStone Financial Resources, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, the six seminaries and the Committee on Order of Business have been selected by the 2006 SBC Committee on Nominations.
