Comm. on Nominations named for 2008-09
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Seventy Southern Baptists from 35 state Baptist conventions have been named to serve on the 2008-09 SBC Committee on Nominations.
Messengers offer 23 motions at SBC
INDIANAPOLIS (BP)–Messengers offered 23 motions June 11 during the opening day of the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting at the Indiana Convention Center, including six proposed changes to the SBC constitution and bylaws. Gearl Spicer, chairman of the Committee on Order of Business, told messengers, “It is the convention’s longstanding practice to refer motions which […]
Hammond: A crucial time in N. America
INDIANAPOLIS (BP)–“There is no more crucial time than now for Southern Baptists to join hands to fulfill the Great Commission,” North American Mission Board President Geoff Hammond told Southern Baptist Convention messengers June 10 at the Indiana Convention Center. Calling North America “a mission field that is becoming increasingly lost,” Hammond closed out his first […]
LifeWay highlights Worship Project
INDIANAPOLIS (BP)–A two-year journey to create and launch the next-generation hymnal was the primary focus of LifeWay Christian Resources’ presentation June 10 during the 2008 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Indianapolis. Titled “The Worship Project,” it is an online digital music project which allows worship leaders to customize worship and special music through downloadable […]
Land urges America to ‘sustained prayer’
INDIANAPOLIS (BP)-—These are dire times, Richard Land said, when the only hope is a revival that ripens into a spiritual awakening to usher in a “reformation that will change America for Jesus Christ.” “That is the only answer for our country,” Land said during the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission’s June 10 report to the […]
WMU highlights missions education
INDIANAPOLIS (BP)–Wanda S. Lee, executive director-treasurer of Woman’s Missionary Union, and President Kaye Miller highlighted the value of missions education with the new tagline “Change a Life. Change the World” during their report to messengers at the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention June 10 in Indianapolis. “Together, we are called to be the […]
SBC’s ministry to homosexuals growing
INDIANAPOLIS (BP)–After a year in his role as national strategist for gender issues for the Southern Baptist Convention, Bob Stith told messengers at the SBC’s annual convention in Indianapolis that much has been accomplished in one year, yet much remains to be done. “This issue isn’t going way,” said Stith, who works with the convention’s […]
Great Commission needs ‘Great Connection,’ SBC’s global strategist Welch says
INDIANAPOLIS (BP)–Conservative evangelicals around the world are welcoming the new Southern Baptist initiative to build relationships with “likeminded brothers and sisters in Christ,” Bobby Welch told messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting June 10 in Indianapolis. Welch, who was named global evangelical relations strategist for the SBC’s Executive Committee in 2007, said he […]
VBS 2009 themes announced
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Next year churches can take their pick -– taking kids on a train adventure through Australia or setting up a personalized archaeological dig. Either way, Jesus will be the ultimate destination. LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention on June 10 announced its 2009 Vacation Bible School themes. The theme of the […]
Ind. Baptists mobilize relief teams
INDIANAPOLIS (BP)–In the wake of torrential weekend rains of up to 10 inches in some central Indiana towns, Indiana Baptists have mobilized disaster relief teams and put crews from other Midwestern states on stand-by. The teams were deployed June 8 as thousands of Southern Baptists converged on Indianapolis, site of the SBC annual meeting June […]
