2007 SBC Annual Meeting Preview

Monday, June 11, 2007 Lila Cockrell Theatre Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center 8:30 a.m. Praise and Worship — Anita Renfro Testimony, “My Journey” — Diane Nix Noon Friends for the Journey — panel discussion of ministry and friendships — Susie Hawkins (Moderator), Becky Graves, Angela Kilby, Karolyn Chapman Keynote Message — Kathy Ferguson

SAN ANTONIO (BP)–Members of the Tellers Committee for the June 12-13 annual meeting of the Sothern Baptist Convention in San Antonio have been named by the SBC President Frank Page. David Dykes, pastor of Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas, has been named committee chairman. Other committee members, listed by state, are: ARKANSAS — […]

SAN ANTONIO (BP)–Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page has named members of the Credentials Committee for the June 12-13 annual meeting in San Antonio. Dave Parker, pastor of First Baptist Church in Duluth, Ga. will be the committee chairman. Other committee members, listed by state, are: ALABAMA — Larry Felkins, director of missions, Chilton Baptist […]

SAN ANTONIO (BP)–Appointments to the Southern Baptist Convention’s Committee on Committees have been announced by SBC President Frank Page. Page, pastor of Taylors First Baptist Church of Taylors, S.C., announced the appointments in accordance with SBC Bylaw 19 which requires that their names be released to Baptist Press no later than 45 days prior to […]

SAN ANTONIO (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 2007 SBC […]

SAN ANTONIO (BP)–“Strength for the Journey” is the theme for the third annual Pastors’ Wives Conference of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Pastors’ Conference in San Antonio, with several noted pastors’ wives sharing ways God has strengthened them in their life experiences. The 8:30 a.m.-noon session on Monday, June 11, is free of charge and no […]

SAN ANTONIO (BP)–San Antonio’s Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center will become a hub of activity when the Southern Baptist Convention comes to town. Among the events scheduled at the convention center and nearby hotels are the annual Southern Baptist chaplains’ luncheon on June 11 and the Ministers’ Wives’ Luncheon and a FAITH luncheon, both on […]

SAN ANTONIO (BP)–Aslam Masih, a church planting missionary with the North American Mission Board, and Jack Kinsella, editor of The Omega Letter website, will be the featured speakers at the Southern Baptist Messianic Fellowship’s June 8-10 meeting in San Antonio. “Continuing to Bear Fruit and Build up the Saints” is the theme of this year’s […]

SAN ANTONIO (BP)–A reorganization of the Black Southern Baptist Denominational Servants Network is to be explained during its June 10 annual meeting in San Antonio. “We’re looking forward to sharing with the constituency the details of the reorganization,” said Sid Smith, the network’s executive director. “We have not looked at (the organizational structure) in the […]

SAN ANTONIO (BP)--Let us pray.       "It's our only hope," Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page said, reflecting on the prevalence of prayer planned for the SBC's June 12-13 annual meeting in San Antonio's Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.       Each of the SBC's five sessions will have a prayer focus:       Tuesday morning: "Lord, Transform Your Churches."       Tuesday afternoon: "Lord, Bring Us to Confession and Repentance."       Tuesday evening: "Lord, Unite Us in a Cooperative Mission Task."       Wednesday morning: "Lord, Send Revival to Our Convention."       Wednesday evening: "Lord, Energize Our Evangelistic Efforts."       For a complete schedule of events, click here.       "The central focus for my presidency and therefore for this meeting is to seek from the Lord spiritual awakening -- His Holy Spirit's revival," Page said. "And that is always prefaced by and enabled by and empowered by prayer."       A second key facet of this year's convention will be the unveiling of a general outline for a 10-year evangelistic strategy in the SBC, said Page, pastor of First Baptist Church in Taylors, S.C., who was elected as SBC president last year in Greensboro, N.C.