SBC 2013 Annual Meeting Roundup

Jason Allen, president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, notes the possibility of a "cooperative ministry resurgence" among Southern Baptists.

North Carolina pastor J.D. Greear addresses such questions about the Southern Baptist Convention as “Aren't the days of denominations over? Can't we be just as effective on our own? Why deal with all the red tape, bureaucracy, and the sometimes crazy people who claim to speak in the SBC's name?"

HOUSTON (BP) -- During the Chinese Baptist Fellowship in Houston, Chinese Southern Baptists discussed ways to create disciples and reach their church planting goal of 600 churches by 2020. This goal encompasses Chinese Baptist churches in the United States and Canada.

HOUSTON (BP) — The Black Southern Baptist Denominational Servants’ Network will resurrect its journal with online editions on the website of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, managing editor Leroy Fountain announced June 10. Fountain, a national coordinator for church mobilization for the North American Mission Board, reported the rebirth of The Journal of African-American Southern […]

HOUSTON (BP) — Campus updates and award presentations highlighted the alumni luncheons hosted by Southern Baptist Convention seminaries June 12 during the SBC annual meeting in Houston. Following are reports from the luncheons: MIDWESTERN — A highlight of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s annual alumni luncheon was a special discussion between the school’s newly inaugurated president […]

HOUSTON (BP) -- For the 20th consecutive year, Filipino pastors and families met in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention, June 11 in Missouri City, Texas.       "The men and women who come from the Philippines are the best missionary force in the world," said Jeff Christopherson, vice president of the North American Mission Board's Northeast Region and guest speaker at the Filipino Southern Baptist Fellowship of North America.

HOUSTON (BP) — More than 70 percent of Native Americans live in urban areas but 90 percent of ministry to the people group takes place on rural reservations. This is what the Fellowship of Native American Christians and the North American Mission Board now realize, leaders from both organizations said at the June 10 annual […]

HOUSTON (BP) — Korean Southern Baptists will work to plant 265 more Korean churches in the U.S. within the next five years and increase their Cooperative Program giving by 250 percent, leaders of the group told Baptist Press at the annual meeting in Houston. Goals are to increase the number of churches from 735 to […]

HOUSTON (BP) -- Southern Baptists of all ethnicities must join together to reach an ever-diversifying nation and the world for Christ, leaders from three ethnic advisory councils said during a panel discussion in Houston. "It's not a great secret that Southern Baptists were not always as ethnically diverse as we are today," moderator Ed Stetzer said at the Executive Committee booth at the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention.

NASHVILLE (BP) -- The president of the Association of Baptists for Scouting said he agrees with an SBC entity leader who said Southern Baptists' resolution on the Boy Scouts membership policy was "not frantic or angry."