Committee on Nominations report released
The Committee on nominations has released its 2020 and 2021 reports.
B21 panel delves into Southern Baptist issues
NASHVILLE (BP) – “You’ve been called a liberal, a Marxist and a denier of the sufficiency of Scripture.”
Ausberry to Black pastors: the SBC might be your Nineveh
NASHVILLE (BP) -- Black pastors contemplating withdrawing from the Southern Baptist Convention might be in a position similar to that of the prophet Jonah who despised Nineveh, pastor Marshal Ausberry said Monday (June 14) in his final sermon as president of a fellowship of more than 4,000 Black pastors.
‘Together, we press toward the vision,’ Chitwood assures Southern Baptists
NASHVILLE (BP) – During a global season that crippled businesses, closed borders and devastated families, God was powerfully moving, IMB President Paul Chitwood reported to the 2021 SBC Annual Meeting on Tuesday (June 15).
At Lifeway breakfast, Mandrell focuses on ‘Pulse of Pastors’
NASHVILLE (BP) – Ben Mandrell, Lifeway Christian Resources president and CEO, shared how the organization is laser-focused on helping pastors and local churches fuel their ministries at a breakfast hosted by Lifeway at the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting Tuesday (June 15).
Native Americans dance to a revived drum
NASHVILLE (BP) – The changing face of the Fellowship of Native American Christians, (FoNAC) a Southern Baptist group, reflects changes among descendants of the original human inhabitants of what today is the United States of America.
Filipino Fellowship sends out its first church planter
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Filipino Southern Baptist Fellowship of North America two years ago said they wanted to support Filipino church planters, and they sent out their first this January.
Vision 2025 amended, adopted by messengers
NASHVILLE (BP) – After two amendments, messengers to the 2021 SBC Annual Meeting adopted Vision 2025, a strategic initiative aimed at reaching every person in the world with the Gospel, by vote of acclamation Tuesday (June 15).
Greear extols Gospel-centered unity and evangelism in final SBC address
NASHVILLE (BP) – Saying they faced a defining moment, the “most important crossroads” in a generation, departing SBC President J.D. Greear challenged Southern Baptists to hear the concerns of the entire body while unifying around the one true Gospel and the Great Commission.
First-time messengers attend Messenger Orientation
NASHVILLE (BP) – When asked during Monday’s (June 14) SBC messenger orientation if this was their first time attending the SBC Annual Meeting, most messengers in the packed-out Davidson Ballroom in the Music City Center raised their hands.
