News Articles in Annual Meeting

NASHVILLE (BP) – A letter dated July 3 from the leadership of the National African American Fellowship (NAAF) urges Southern Baptists “to consider entering a time of prayer and dialogue” about recent actions taken by the SBC related to the title of women serving in pastoral roles in the local church.

NEW ORLEANS (BP) – In a world growing increasingly divided, pastors are looking for ways to lead churches toward unity. A group of Hispanic pastors discussed some of the tensions causing divisions among Christians today and how the church can promote unity amidst division. 

NASHVILLE (BP) – A leading voice in the SBC believes the amendment to the Baptist Faith and Message made by messengers to the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting helps clarify what Southern Baptists believe about the office of pastor. But R. Albert Mohler Jr. has some concerns about the way the amendment was made.

NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Ministering on the campus of Historically Black Colleges and Universities comes with a unique set of challenges and opportunities for discipleship.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Texas pastor Juan Sanchez believes Southern Baptists can walk and chew gum at the same. Sanchez led the way for messengers at the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting to affirm the first reading of an amendment to the SBC Constitution that would include a statement saying only men can serve in the role of pastor or elder in a cooperating church.

NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- Scripture records women’s work in the Old and New Testaments, detailing the work of midwives, prophetesses, warriors, a judge, teachers, mothers and others.

NEW ORLEANS (BP) – The 2023 SBC Committee on Resolutions hopes the resolution “On Opposing Gender Transitions”, accurately represents Southern Baptists’ views on one of modern culture’s most pervasive and controversial issues.

NEW ORLEANS (BP) — Amid a contentious U.S. immigration crisis, messengers to the 2023 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting resolved to biblically care for immigrants while urging just and compassionate governmental treatment. Not many immigrants make it to Lifeway Church in Billings, Mont., where Stacy Gaylord is senior pastor, but the 2023 Resolutions Committee member […]

NEW ORLEANS – About 200 people gathered June 12 in the Riverside Room of Hampton Inn Convention Center for a Cajun Jubilee hosted by COSBE, the Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists.

NEW ORLEANS (BP) – A group of leading female voices discussed discipleship, calling and the role the local church should play in empowering women during a panel on the CP stage during the SBC Annual Meeting in New Orleans.