SBC 2013 Annual Meeting Preview

HOUSTON (BP) — GuideStone Financial Resources will offer a seminar on church security at the 2013 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Houston, featuring a survivor of the horrific 1999 church massacre that killed seven people and wounded seven others at Wedgwood Baptist Church in Texas Jeff Laster, an associate pastor at Wedgwood in Fort […]

HOUSTON (BP) — Small-group Bible study tools, movie screenings and book signings by leading Christian authors are planned by LifeWay Christian Resources for the June 11-12 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Houston. LifeWay will unveil in its report to the SBC an updated and enhanced version of Bible Studies for Life, LifeWay’s most popular […]

HOUSTON (BP) — The North American Mission Board will highlight a variety of ways Southern Baptists can help penetrate lostness in North America at the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Houston. NAMB hopes several thousand church leaders will attend its third annual Send North America luncheon as part of this year’s SBC […]

HOUSTON (BP) — Even though the apostle Paul wrote of his heart’s longing for all Israel to be saved, there is precious little outreach to the Jewish community, says Ric Worshill, a Messianic Jew (a Jew who follows Jesus as Messiah) and a North American Mission Board police and disaster relief chaplain. “The actual effort […]

HOUSTON (BP) — The Chinese Christian Fellowship of the U.S. and Canada is anticipating a fourfold or greater increase in attendance at its 2013 annual meeting in Houston, the result of several strategies to plant new churches and equip current churches for service. Peter Leong, fellowship liaison ambassador, said the Southern Baptist-affiliated fellowship has planted […]

HOUSTON (BP) — Strengthening its membership base will be a major topic at the Black Denominational Servants Network’s annual meeting in Houston, according to the group’s president, Eugene McCormick. “My goal is not to have just black denominational workers as members, but anybody that’s associated with our cause or what we’re seeking to accomplish,” McCormick […]

HOUSTON (BP) — Hiring a full-time executive director, holding regional leadership conferences and helping blacks attend college and plant churches are on the agenda for the National African American Fellowship’s annual meeting, June 9 and 10 in Houston. The recommendations will be addressed during NAAF sessions held in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention’s June […]

HOUSTON (BP) — For the first time in its 34-year history, the Council of Korean Southern Baptist Churches in America plans to appear as one body during the Tuesday, June 11, afternoon session of the SBC’s annual meeting in Houston. “It will take many buses,” said Chongoh Aum, executive director of the Korean fellowship. “Korean […]

HOUSTON (BP) — The Filipino Southern Baptist Fellowship of North America will mark its 20th year as it meets Tuesday, June 11, in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Houston. The group, with about 220 affiliated churches in the United States and Canada, will gather for a luncheon and meeting […]

HOUSTON (BP) — When Native Americans and those interested in Native American ministry gather for the June 10 meeting of the Fellowship of Native American Christians, they’ll be hearing about a paradigm shift and new strategy taking hold across the United States. Lac du Flambeau, Wis., is one example; Denver, another. “It’s important for Native […]