SBC Annual Meetings

CLEARWATER, Fla. (BP) – Florida pastor Willy Rice announced his intentions to be nominated as a candidate for Southern Baptist Convention president at the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando. In a video released Friday (Oct. 31), Rice said he is allowing the nomination based on his hope for renewal in the SBC.

Florida Baptist Disaster Relief responding to Hurricane Melissa devastation; Crossover Orlando registration opens.

ORLANDO (BP) – Nearly 4,000 rooms across more than two dozen hotels will be available at noon Eastern today (Oct. 6) for booking through the Southern Baptist Convention’s housing office for next year’s SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Minutes, facts and figures are what you’ll find in the SBC Annual, and the 604-page 2025 edition is available now at SBC.net.

ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) – The 2026 SBC Pastors’ Conference aims to feature events for every member of a church leadership team. Conference President Aaron Bergener provided details in a video released Tuesday.

ORLANDO (BP) – While there’s still a little more than a month to go before room nights for the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando go online for booking, attendees can begin viewing their options and making plans now. The list provided at sbcannualmeeting.net/hotels offers something for just about every itinerary and budget.

ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) – Southern Baptist leaders from across the country joined with Florida Baptists Aug. 12 to hear how they can be a part of the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting. SBC President Clint Pressley said the theme would be “Walking Worthy.”

NASHVILLE(BP) – A newly available series of interviews with Southern Baptist leaders highlights the importance of active, intentional cooperation in areas such as student evangelism and mobilization, seminary education, missions and sexual abuse prevention.

The 2025 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting is behind us, and with it the meetings, reports, motions and actions that pleased some and disappointed others. I know that many church members and even pastors rarely or never attend an SBC annual meeting in person. That was true for me until I was almost 40, so I appreciate the reality that, for many, the national SBC seems very far away from local church life.

DALLAS –Pastors and other listeners heard from one of four guest speakers at the Korean Council’s recent annual meeting about the importance of taking care of yourself.