2022 Annual Meeting

ANAHEIM (BP) – More than 250 associational missional strategists (AMS), wives and guests had the opportunity to live out their annual meeting theme of “Pursuing Love and Good Works” (Hebrews 10:24), when they gathered to pray for Ray Gentry, the president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Leaders (SBCAL), during their June 12-13 meeting at the Sheraton Park Hotel in Anaheim.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – Daniel Dickard, senior pastor of Friendly Avenue Baptist Church in Greensboro, N.C., was elected president of the 2023 SBC Pastors’ Conference Monday afternoon (June 13).

ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – Amid the busy event schedule of the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting, nearly 2,000 attendees gathered for the International Mission Board dinner. During the June 13 program, IMB leaders and missionaries reminded the crowd why the SBC exists and how God is at work around the world through IMB missionaries.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – Michael Cabell's flight "inconvenience" during his trip to Anaheim led to a Gospel conversation with a couple going through the worst day of their lives.

ANAHEIM (BP) – With $4 million now pledged from Send Relief toward funding sexual abuse reforms over the next year, Executive Committee members voted Monday (June 13) to rescind their recently-approved recommendations for that same objective.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – Noted pastor and author Tony Evans likened the church of today to referees on a football field who have chosen sides.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – Mark Clifton opened the 2022 SBC Pastors’ Conference by reminding shepherds of local congregations that there are no unimportant churches and no unimportant places.

Hundreds of women enjoyed learning about missions in Southern California as they traveled on several coach buses June 12 to explore mission venues near Anaheim, Calif., where the two-day Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting will be held June 14-15. While on the buses participants learned about ethnic groups and mission opportunities in the area.

fellowship, worship and encouragement in the Anaheim Convention Center preceding the 2022 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting.

ANAHEIM (BP) – Attendees to a Conservative Baptist Network event June 12 heard a collective message from CBN leaders that an impact for Christ is made through a connection to the Gospel, not connections to the world.