Morris Chapman remembered as a ‘statesman’ with a passion for the lost
ARRINGTON, Tenn. – The memorial service honoring the long-reaching legacy of Morris H. Chapman pointed to a life of integrity and an unwavering commitment to God’s Kingdom through the work and vision of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Chapman memorial service set for Oct. 24
NASHVILLE (BP) – Longtime pastor and SBC leader Morris H. Chapman will be remembered at a memorial service at 2 p.m. Oct. 24 at Triune Baptist Church near Nashville. Chapman pastored churches in Texas and New Mexico for 25 years before being called to lead the SBC Executive Committee from 1992 until 2010.
‘Devotion,’ ‘passion,’ ‘conviction,’ ‘grace’ among descriptors of Chapman’s service and leadership
NASHVILLE (BP) – Southern Baptist leaders spoke up in reflection upon hearing the news of the death of former SBC Executive Committee President and CEO Morris Chapman.
Morris H. Chapman, former EC president, dies
NASHVILLE (BP) – Morris H. Chapman, former pastor, former Southern Baptist Convention president, former SBC Executive Committee president and champion of the Cooperative Program, died Monday, Oct. 20, at age 84.
FIRST-PERSON: Cooperation calls for working together
One of the Executive Committee’s core responsibilities is managing and distributing Cooperative Program funds to SBC entities. This is becoming more challenging because of how churches and state conventions are changing the definition of Cooperative Program giving. For example, so far in 2025, the Executive Committee has received gifts in 33 different alternate “Cooperative Program” configurations.
WRAP-UP: SBC Executive Committee takes up messenger motions
NASHVILLE (BP) – Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee members addressed referrals from messengers to the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting, heard reports and celebrated the highest Lifeway summer camps’ missions offering in eight years at their fall meeting, Sept. 22-23.
Tom Stolle to chair special needs ministry task force
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee voted Sept. 23 to form a task force to study the availability of Special Needs Ministry resources for member churches, approving a referral from messengers to the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting.
EC members discuss possibility of countersuit from messenger referral
NASHVILLE (BP) – Executive Committee members discussed the potential merits and risks of filing countersuits in cases with fraudulent claims of EC responsibility at their fall meeting on Sept. 23.
Iorg exhorts renewed financial cooperation, urges rejection of ‘expressive individualism’
NASHVILLE (BP) – Southern Baptists need to recommit to Cooperative Program giving that embraces shared theological beliefs while accepting various differences among fellow churches, Jeff Iorg told the Executive Committee during its meeting Sept. 22-23 in Nashville.
Pressley points Southern Baptists to unity, doctrinal stability
NASHVILLE (BP) – SBC President Clint Pressley urged Southern Baptists toward extremes in his report to Executive Committee trustees, even referencing a recent online callout between two seminary presidents to make one of his points.
