SBC Annual Meetings

DALLAS (BP) — Registration for Crossover Dallas is live. Crossover, which will run from June 2-June 8, 2025, is the annual evangelistic emphasis preceding the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in the host city. Events such as block parties and personal witnessing opportunities have become ingrained in the outreach effort.

DALLAS (BP) – Messengers and guests to the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting will be greeted with complimentary shuttle services from convention contracted hotels to the convention center and nearby related events. “Due to the rise in messenger counts over the past few years at the SBC Annual Meeting and Pastors’ Conference, we have started partnering […]

NASHVILLE (BP) – The debate over how to increase participation at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting isn’t a new one. But even advances in technology don’t solve some of the inherent problems in remote participation, SBC Executive Committee members agreed last week.

It’s my privilege to serve as the recording secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention. The recording secretary is elected each summer by messengers to the SBC Annual Meeting. Along with the registration secretary, a position currently held by my beloved colleague Don Currence, the recording secretary position is not term limited.

NASHVILLE (BP) – The 2024 SBC Annual is now available online. The book is filled with key reports and information concerning the work of the Southern Baptist Convention and its entities.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (BP) – Texas pastor Michael Criner has been named vice president of the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention Pastors’ Conference, June 8-9, in Dallas.

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) – The 2025 SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas will feature a 100th anniversary celebration of the Cooperative Program and President Clint Pressley presiding over his first annual meeting. Dozens of key leaders met at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Thursday (Aug. 22) for a kickoff to begin preparations for the June meeting.

DALLAS (BP) – Preparations are underway for the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting. The volunteer group preparing the way for Southern Baptists is holding a kickoff rally Aug. 22 in Fort Worth.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – Anyone can leverage the gifts God has given them to reach the nations with the Gospel, said the International Mission Board’s three ethnic mobilizers during a panel discussion in Indianapolis.

TUPELO, Miss. (BP) – Nearly 11,000 messengers made the trip to the Indiana Convention Center last month for the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting and Pastors’ Conference. The event included almost 200 ancillary events and gatherings, and the total crowd included not just messengers but also more than 3,000 guests, not to mention 2,740 exhibitors.