SBC EC legal expenses surpass $12M in three years
NASHVILLE (BP) – The SBC Executive Committee says it has spent more than $12.1 million on the 2021-2022 Guidepost Solutions investigation and subsequent legal expenses dating back to the 2021 fiscal year.
EC votes to create department dedicated to ongoing sexual abuse response
NASHVILLE (BP) — Trustees for the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee approved Tuesday (Sept. 17) a recommendation to create a department within the EC to assist churches in the area of sexual abuse prevention and response.
Pressley: ‘Hold fast’ to BF&M, CP
NASHVILLE (BP) – The SBC will thrive through challenging days ahead if it holds fast to its confession of faith and its cooperative ministry model, SBC President Clint Pressley told the Convention’s Executive Committee Sept. 17.
NOBTS back in operation after Hurricane Francine
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Leavell College have returned to full operation after Hurricane Francine hit the campus on Wednesday evening, Sept. 11. Monday (Sept. 16) marked the first day classes and offices operated as normal following the storm.
Lifeway presents largest-in-years missions offering to IMB, NAMB
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — This summer, as thousands of kids and students attended Lifeway camps across the country, camp staff challenged them to think more broadly about their role in God’s mission to make disciples of all nations, and campers responded by giving generously to Southern Baptist missions endeavors.
Half of pastors support Trump, but many are hesitant to share preference
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (BP) — Like other Americans, pastors are deciding who they’ll vote for in the November election. Compared to previous elections, however, they’re much more hesitant to share their preference.
Southern Baptists cooperative ‘force for good,’ Iorg maintains at installation
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Southern Baptist Convention is a diverse, cooperative “force for good” that is poised to move forward on mission, Jeff Iorg said at his installation as the eighth president of the SBC Executive Committee Sept. 16 in Nashville.
FROM THE SEMINARIES: Gateway partnership with Korean seminary; Williams joins The College faculty
Gateway, Korean seminary sign educational agreement; Craig Williams joins business faculty at The College at Southeastern.
MedAdvance connects health care professionals to needs on mission field
HOUSTON (BP) -- MedAdvance has drawn healthcare professionals across the country since 2007. Doctors, nurses, therapists, nutritionists, pharmacists, fitness instructors, community health workers, other specialists and non-medical attendees gather at the annual event to hear how the International Mission Board is using global healthcare strategies to reach the lost all over the world.
Nationwide effort aims to help churches reach ‘the campus across the street’
PHILADELPHIA (BP)- The task was enormous. They wanted every campus in the United States to have a Gospel ministry presence.
