2009 SBC Annual Meeting News

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Johnny Hunt, pastor of First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Ga., was elected without opposition to a second term as president of the Southern Baptist Convention at the denomination's annual meeting June 23-24 in Louisville, Ky.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Messengers offered 31 motions but approved only one during the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting June 23-24 at the Kentucky Exposition Center ....

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–Interest in the Great Commission Resurgence caused an attendance resurgence at the Southern Baptist Convention June 23-24 annual meeting in Louisville, Ky., according to registration secretary Jim Wells. This year’s unofficial messenger count was 8,790, more than 1,500 over last year’s tally in Indianapolis. “It was way above my expectations,” Wells said. Location […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--With the goal of finding ways Southern Baptists "can work more faithfully and effectively" together in fulfilling the Great Commission, messengers to the convention's annual meeting June 23-24 gave the green light to a task force to examine the denomination for one year and report back to the 2010 meeting in Orlando Fla.       Debate over the proposed Great Commission Task Force and an Internet document dubbed the "Great Commission Resurgence Declaration" had dominated pre-convention talk, with some Southern Baptist leaders backing it and others expressing concern. In the end, though, the 8,700-plus messengers at the annual meeting overwhelmingly supported the task force via a motion that gave Southern Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt authority to appoint the panel -- something he did on the meeting's final day, naming 19 members. The actual GCR document that had sparked the discussion never was proposed, much less came to a vote.       The denomination was meeting in Louisville, Ky., to help commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.       In other top annual meeting news, messengers:       -- received an update about the GPS (God's Plan for Sharing) evangelism initiative, which aims to see every SBC church ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–The Executive Committee’s Global Evangelical Relations initiative is off to a running start, Bobby Welch, strategist for the effort, said at the SBC annual meeting in Louisville, Ky., June 23. “Dr. Welch is a man who relates to all peoples everywhere in the world. He is a man who knows how to relate […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–-The National African American Fellowship presented a new award during its annual meeting and banquet June 22 to recognize individuals who “really deliver” in facilitating relationships between the denomination and African American pastors. The fellowship also elected officers and heard reports from Southern Baptists’ mission boards and LifeWay Christian Resources at First Gethsemane […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–Several hundred Hispanic pastors, missionaries and leaders gathered at the annual National Hispanic Celebration June 21 to celebrate church planting and evangelization — and chart new directions. The evening’s focus — “Live with Urgency: Sowing Together for the Harvest!” — also served as the official launching for Hispanics of the North American Missions […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–Seventy Southern Baptists from 35 state Baptist conventions have been named to serve on the 2009-10 SBC Committee on Nominations. The Committee on Nominations will nominate people to serve on the SBC’s boards, commissions and committees. They will present their report to the 2010 SBC annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. The committee is […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–Showing some Ozarkian flair, John Marshall described how three blind men were each healed differently by Jesus in his convention sermon June 24 at the Southern Baptist Convention in Louisville, Ky. Marshall, pastor of Second Baptist Church in Springfield, Mo., spun a tale of three blind men who suffered from “petty divisions” — […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–A bread loaf bank for missions made its debut during the Woman’s Missionary Union report at the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Louisville, Ky., June 23. The bank, a new resource for the World Hunger Offering, will replace the plastic, disposable rice bowls previously used by churches to collect funds, […]