Dakota’s Jim Hamilton nominee for 2nd VP
NASHVILLE (BP)--Jim Hamilton, executive director-treasurer of the Dakota Baptist Convention, will be nominated for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention, a pastor in Rapid City, S.D., announced April 24.
Prayer emphasis within SBC, at annual meeting, expands; T.W. Hunt at forefront
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Several prayer initiatives within the Southern Baptist Convention in the coming months reflect an expanding emphasis on intercession and seeking God’s guidance. The first opportunity will be at the SBC annual meeting in Indianapolis June 10-11. Subsequent prayer efforts will be: — June 11-13, sponsored by the Church Prayer Leaders Network and hosted […]
20th annual Crossover enlisting volunteers
INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--For the 20th consecutive year, Southern Baptists' "Crossover" will relay the Gospel throughout the host city for June's SBC annual meeting. "Crossover'08" -- June 6-7 in Indianapolis -– will add to the spiritual results amassed since the inaugural outreach prior to 1989's SBC annual meeting in Las Vegas. Nearly 40,000 persons have prayed to receive Christ as result of the annual evangelistic effort. Dozens of new Southern Baptist churches have been planted. And thousands have participated as Crossover volunteers from churches across North America. This year's Crossover, prior to the SBC's June 10-11 annual meeting at Indiana Convention Center, will be jointly sponsored by the SBC's North American Mission Board, the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana and the Crossroads Baptist Association in Indianapolis.
Preschool, children’s registration opens
INDIANAPOLIS (BP)–Registration is now open for families planning to enroll their children in June 8-11 preschool childcare or the children’s conference in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in Indianapolis, Ind. For all information regarding registration, visit www.sbc.net and click on “2008 SBC Annual Meeting” then “Children/Students.” PRESCHOOL CHILDCARE Childcare for newborns through […]
Online registration opens for ’08 SBC
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Registration has opened for churches to register messengers online for the Southern Baptist Convention’s June 10-11 annual meeting in Indianapolis. For online registration, churches should go to the SBC website, www.sbc.net, which opened the 2008 registration process March 1. Online registration can help messengers avoid waiting in line at the convention center while […]
Frank Cox is 3rd SBC president nominee
HARTSELLE, Ala. (BP)--Frank Cox, pastor of North Metro First Baptist Church in Lawrenceville, Ga., will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention during the SBC's June 10-11 annual meeting in Indianapolis, Alabama evangelist Junior Hill announced Feb. 7.
Bill Wagner to be SBC president nominee
SAN FRANCISCO (BP)--William L. (Bill) Wagner, a former Southern Baptist missionary and seminary professor and current president of Olivet University International in San Francisco, says he will allow his name to be placed in nomination for Southern Baptist Convention president when messengers meet in Indianapolis next year.
Judge allows marriage amendment to stay on Tenn. ballot
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A Tennessee state court judge Feb. 23 dismissed a lawsuit by a liberal interest group in ruling that a proposed state constitutional marriage amendment can remain on the ballot there this fall.
