SBC annual meeting helped mobilize new generation of Southern Baptists
NEW ORLEANS (LBM) – Equipping students to be mature followers of Jesus who impact the campus and become catalysts for advancing the Gospel globally is at the heart of the mission of Baptist Collegiate Ministries across Louisiana, according to Mark Robinson.
With BF&M amendment, conversation lands on process
NASHVILLE (BP) — If there is such a thing as a good misstep in changing one of Southern Baptists’ foundational documents, New Orleans may be the example.
ROUNDUP: Seminary luncheons in New Orleans highlight service, missions
ROUNDUP: Seminaries luncheons in New Orleans highlight service, missions.
FIRST-PERSON: On confessional clarity and learning from our mistakes
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) – Amid the many other important decisions made at the SBC annual meeting last week, we did something historic by amending the Baptist Faith and Message from the floor of the convention with little discussion and frankly, it seems, even less awareness that it was even happening.
Native American fellowship a ‘catalyst’ for missions, attendees hear
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – FoNAC, the Fellowship of Native American Christians, met Monday, June 12, at the New Orleans Convention Center, with attendance boosted by people who had talked with FoNAC members in the “All Nations” booth area in the exhibit hall.
SBC DIGEST: Mohler, Iorg report to messengers
Mohler urges continued faithfulness, honored for 30 years; Iorg highlights record giving to send students on mission.
SBC DIGEST: WMU honors Cindy Vang; Union honors Ben Mandrell
Vang recognized for women’s leadership development; Union presents Lifeway’s Mandrell with Dodd Award.
Diaspora Missions Collective a collaboration between SBC organizations
NEW ORLEANS, La. (BP) – The Diaspora Missions Collective, a collaboration between multiple different Southern Baptist Convention organizations, is a group focused on assisting churches to engage scattered or displaced ethnic groups both internationally and domestically.
More than 4,400 churches represented at annual meeting
NEW ORLEANS, La. (BP) – Registration and survey data following the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting indicates more than 4,400 churches were represented among the nearly 19,000 attendees in New Orleans.
Black emerging leaders gather for lunch
NEW ORLEANS – As senior associate pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, and son of the church’s senior pastor and former SBC President Fred Luter, Chip Luter was well-known and highly regarded in New Orleans, but in 2015 God called him to a church in Tampa, Fla., where he was a nobody without reputation.
