2009 State Annual Meeting Roundup

PORTLAND, Maine (BP)–The Baptist Convention of New England, at its 27th annual meeting at the Clarion Hotel in Portland, Maine, focused on the theme “Who Lives in Your Judea?” based on Acts 1:8. A total of 141 messengers from 79 churches as well as 42 guests heard reports from each of New England’s seven Baptist […]

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (BP)–Despite a shaky economy, messengers to the annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia acknowledged their “God-sized” mission task Nov. 18 and adopted a 2010 budget of $14 million, about 1.4 percent larger than 2009’s budget, which is expected to see a shortfall. Next year’s budget, approved by messengers during the […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (BP)–Dakota Baptists celebrated their 25th year as a convention during their Nov. 11-12 annual meeting at Calvary Baptist Church in Rapid City. “We celebrate the past, but we don’t worship it,” said Garvon Golden, DBC Sharing Christ team leader and associate executive director, in one of the convention’s theme interpretations. “Baptist work […]

CASPER, Wyo. (BP)--Messengers to the 26th annual meeting of the Wyoming Southern Baptist Convention went on the record against "national wanton disregard for innocent and defenseless human life" that they see evident in proposed health care legislation.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (BP)–Messengers to the Alabama Baptist State Convention affirmed the effectiveness of cooperative missions and adopted a $46 million 2010 Cooperative Program budget during their annual meeting, Nov. 17–18 at Whitesburg Baptist Church in Huntsville, Ala. The gathering’s nearly 900 participants also re-elected all three state convention officers without opposition. Serving second one-year terms […]

TACOMA, Wash. (BP)--Northwest Baptist Convention messengers elected a Washington pastor as president, approved a $5.85 million budget for ministry needs in 2010 and welcomed 13 churches into affiliation during their 62nd annual meeting Nov. 10-11 in Tacoma, Wash.

SHREVEPORT, La. (BP)--Missions and the Cooperative Program took center stage at the Louisiana Baptist Convention's 162nd annual meeting, Nov. 9-10 at Summer Grove Baptist Church in Shreveport.

HOUSTON (BP)–Messengers to the 2009 annual meeting of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, meeting Nov. 16-17 in Houston, adopted a reduced budget for the second consecutive year and celebrated 1,917 professions of faith registered during 20-plus “City Reach” evangelistic events prior to the gathering. The much-discussed issue of whether to seat messengers from Fort […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (BP)–Illinois Baptists welcomed 18 congregations into membership and focused on starting new churches during the 103rd annual meeting of the Illinois Baptist State Association Nov. 11-12 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield. Messengers approved a 2010 budget of $9,060,400, a fraction of a percent less than the previous year due to an […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (BP)--More than 50 Illinois Baptists gathered Nov. 10 for a question-and-answer session with the chairman of a national task force studying how the Southern Baptist Convention can be more effective in advancing the Gospel.