2012: State Annual Meeting Roundup

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (BP) — The 67th annual meeting of the Alaska Baptist Convention adopted a multi-faceted resolution affirming the authority of the Bible. The resolution calls political leaders to preserve the freedom of religion and commends Christians who uphold a biblical worldview; it specifically names President Obama, Alaska Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich and […]

ORLANDO (BP) -- Jacksonville pastor Tim Maynard was elected president of the Florida Baptist State Convention during its Nov. 12-13 annual meeting at First Baptist Church in Orlando.

MONTANA CITY, Mont. (BP) — A year after embracing its 20/20 Vision, the Montana Southern Baptist Convention voted to increase its Cooperative Program giving for the first time in the state group’s 11-year history. Messengers to the 2012 annual meeting voted to increase by 1 percentage point its 2013 CP allocation to Southern Baptist Convention […]

MONROE, Mich. (BP) — Tears tumbled from the eyes of a number of the 300-plus people gathered for the 55th annual meeting of the Baptist State Convention of Michigan. The tears fell as the impact grew of what messengers and guests were seeing and hearing: nine ethnic groups in national attire, one after another following […]

JACKSON, Miss. (BP) -- Messengers to the 177th annual meeting of the Mississippi Baptist Convention reelected without opposition David Hamilton, pastor of West Heights Baptist Church in Pontotoc, to a second term as convention president.

SCHROON LAKE, N.Y. (BP) — The Baptist Convention of New York, at its 43rd annual meeting, approved the recommendations of its Vision Task Force along with the formation of an ad hoc team to implement the plan. The Vision Task Force, which BCNY messengers approved last year, made recommendations to refine the convention’s vision and […]

ST. LOUIS (BP) — Buoyed by news that Cooperative Program giving is holding steady, messengers to the Missouri Baptist Convention’s 178th annual meeting approved a $14.6 million budget and entered into new partnerships with New York and Mexico. The theme for the convention’s Oct. 29-31 sessions in St. Louis was “Gratitude” based on Psalm 107:1. […]

CLOVIS, N.M. (BP) -- One hundred years after messengers from Baptist churches across New Mexico gathered at First Baptist Church in Clovis to organize a new state convention, their spiritual descendents returned there for the Baptist Convention of New Mexico's centennial celebration.

CLOVIS, Calif. (BP) — California Southern Baptists celebrated their diversity and considered Executive Board recommendations regarding the Focus 21 Task Force during the Oct. 23-24 annual meeting at Clovis Hills Community Church. Highlighting the California Southern Baptist Convention theme, “United: Every ethné, for Christ,” the meeting featured three congregations involved in reaching an ethnic group […]

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (BP) — Indiana Baptist leader Cecil Seagle challenged messengers to the 54th annual meeting to reach the estimated 85 percent of Indianans who have no relationship with Jesus. Seagle, executive director of the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana, told messengers to avoid the trap that says, “We live in the Midwest […]