2012: State Annual Meeting Roundup

SAN ANTONIO (BP) — Messengers to the 15th annual meeting of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention re-elected President Terry M. Turner of Mesquite, Texas, by acclamation and passed a $26.3 million budget and eight resolutions on topics ranging from “a clear and complete” Gospel message to religious liberty violations in the federal health care […]

BARTLETT, Tenn. (BP) — Messengers to the 138th annual meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention at Faith Baptist Church in Bartlett, Tenn., overwhelmingly adopted the report of the Vision 2021 Team which included 10 recommendations. Among the recommendations was the adoption of a new vision statement and seven core values, along with an affirmation of […]

LEXINGTON, Ky. (BP) — With approval of the 2013-14 budget, Kentucky Baptist Convention messengers have fast-tracked a 50/50 allocation of their Cooperative Program funds with the Southern Baptist Convention. The action was taken during the Nov. 13 KBC annual meeting at Immanuel Baptist Church in Lexington, attended by 651 messengers. KBC Executive Director Paul Chitwood […]

RENO, Nev. (BP) — Nine new churches were added to the Nevada Baptist Convention during its 34th annual meeting at South Reno Baptist Church in Reno. The meeting’s theme was “Our Hope in a New Day,” based on Romans 5:2-5, and 107 messengers were registered. David Fee, pastor of Summerlin Community Baptist Church in Las […]

GREENVILLE, S.C. (BP) — Under the banner of “Great Commission Living,” South Carolina Baptists gathered at the TD Convention Center in Greenville to conduct their state convention’s annual business and to worship and fellowship together. Messengers elected new officers, adopted a $28.6 million budget, enacted bylaw changes to conform with last year’s adoption of the […]

PHOENIX (BP) — Messengers to the 84th annual meeting of the Arizona Southern Baptist Convention heard a call to church renewal and unanimously conducted business in a single hour-and-a-half session. During the meeting at North Phoenix Baptist Church in Phoenix, the 252 messengers elected three new officers by acclamation, adopted a 2013 Cooperative Program budget […]

ROANOKE, Va. (BP) — The Baptist General Association of Virginia upheld a committee’s decision to end the state association’s affiliation with a church which ordained an openly gay man to the ministry earlier this fall. Also at its Nov. 13-14 annual meeting in Roanoke, Va., with 785 registered messengers, the BGAV adopted without discussion or […]

WEST MONROE, La. (BP) — Messengers to the 165th meeting of the Louisiana Baptist Convention were reminded that they are “the key” to what God is going to do during the next 200 years of ministry in the state. A brass key in the shape of the state of Louisiana was given to every person […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (BP) — Colorado Baptists welcomed four new churches to the convention during its 57th annual meeting and heard reports of Kingdom ministry by its entity partners. Joining the Colorado Baptist General Convention were Karval Fellowship in Karval, led by Alan Carr; Gospel Church in Durango, led by Thomas Thiessen; the River in […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP) — Alabama Baptists, while continuing to aim for a 50/50 allocation of Cooperative Program receipts with Southern Baptist Convention causes by 2023, decreased their budget for the coming year by $1 million. Messengers approved a report by the Great Commission Ministries FutureFocus Task Force during the Nov. 13–14 Alabama Baptist State Convention […]