Southern Baptists celebrate 63 new IMB missionaries at SBC annual meetingby Chris Doyle
ORLANDO – Southern Baptists celebrated 63 new International Mission Board missionaries during the June 9 opening session of the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando. As missionaries took the stage and stood on the floor of the Orange County Convention Center, church messengers listened as they described their callings and expressed gratitude for support of their Great Commission work.
Black Collective panel discusses immigration, urges support for Resolution 7
ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) – The primary goal of Christian immigrants in the U.S. is to spread the Gospel amid darkness, a panel of Haitian, Ghanaian and African American Southern Baptist pastors affirmed June 8, encouraging Southern Baptists to advocate for the just treatment of immigrants here.
‘Don’t despise the small things,’ Scroggins says at Pastors’ Conference
ORLANDO (BP) – Pastors should be thinking about how God might use their churches and the Southern Baptist Convention not only now but 100 years from now, Jimmy Scroggins said at the SBC Pastors’ Conference June 8 in Orlando.
Florida pastor Paul Purvis to be nominated for SBC first vice president
ORLANDO, Florida — Paul Purvis, lead pastor at Mission Hill Church in Temple Terrace, Florida, will be nominated for first vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention at the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting.
Asian NextGen pastors discuss importance of connections, friendship
ORLANDO (BP) – Velma Chen of Coral Springs, Fla., squealed in amazement. She’d happened to sit at the same table as Gideon Lee of Milpitas, Calif. The two, who had known each other as teenage members of the same church in Hong Kong, met again at the Asian NextGen Pastors Network annual meeting June 8 at the Orange County Convention Center, which took place in the days preceding the SBC annual meeting.
Spanish-language workshops and conferences train, equip and encourage Hispanic Baptists
ORLANDO – On Monday, June 8, Hispanic Southern Baptists had multiple opportunities to sharpen their skills through morning and afternoon workshop and conference sessions.
Brazilian Baptists celebrate partnerships, pray for immigration concerns
ORLANDO (BP) – More than 35 Brazilian Baptists gathered for the Fellowship of Brazilian Baptist Churches in North America’s annual meeting at the Rosen Centre in Orlando on June 8 preceding the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC).
ERLC ‘One Nation Under God’ event highlights America’s 250th anniversary
ORLANDO (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) hosted an event on Monday night (June 8) in advance of the SBC Annual Meeting, discussing the importance of Christian political engagement in light of America’s upcoming 250th anniversary.
Presidential forums give Southern Baptists a final audience with candidates
ORLANDO (BP) – Messengers still contemplating their vote for Southern Baptist Convention president this afternoon received two opportunities in recent days to hear the views of Florida pastor Willy Rice and his South Carolina counterpart, Josh Powell, with each laying out their many similarities and relatively few, though noted, differences.
NAMB Luncheon highlights chaplaincy, displays the many ways Southern Baptists care for one another
ORLANDO – Brilliant trumpet tones filled the convention hall to open the North American Mission Board’s (NAMB) Send Luncheon, Monday June 8, as the event began by honoring Southern Baptist chaplains.
