Annual meeting pre-registration tops 11K; New Orleans shuttle information published
NASHVILLE (BP) – As the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting (June 13-14 in New Orleans, La.) quickly approaches, the pre-registered messenger count has officially topped 11,000.
SBC DIGEST: Messenger info on ‘Road to New Orleans’; Lifeway kids’ Bible named ‘Bible of the Year’
Finn hopes to ‘empower messengers’ at SBC in New Orleans; ‘CSB Explorer Bible for Kids’ Named Bible of the Year
Kason Branch to be nominated for SBC 2VP
BROWNSBORO, Texas (BP) -- Texas pastor Michael Criner announced Monday (May 22) that he intends to nominate fellow Texas pastor Kason Branch for Second Vice President of the Southern Baptist Convention at the upcoming SBC Annual Meeting in New Orleans.
Fern Creek ‘more Southern Baptist’ than most, female pastor says of appeal
LOUISVILLE, Ky (BP) – Danny Hass, a Southern Baptist since age 14, thought it odd when he first saw the woman pastor at Fern Creek Baptist Church about 20 years ago.
Great Commission Team highlights diversity of annual meeting, larger SBC
NASHVILLE (BP) – Ethnic minorities are increasing their participation in all areas of Southern Baptist Convention life, say members of the SBC Executive Committee’s Great Commission Relations and Mobilization (GCRM) Team.
FIRST-PERSON: Why you should engage in the resolutions process
Since the constitution of the Southern Baptist Convention in 1845, our resolutions process has often drawn more attention than much of the other business we conduct. Resolutions serve as non-binding statements that reflect the opinion of the messengers, but they can guide the way our entities function and testify to the world about issues related to our work as a convention of churches as well as critical matters of the day.
2023 Book of Reports released
NASHVILLE (BP) — The 2023 Book of Reports for the Southern Baptist Convention covers a variety of important issues such as a comprehensive summary of entity operating budgets as well as key actions taken by the Executive Committee over the last year.
Brazilian Baptist pastors expand events to include SBC 2023
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Brazilian Baptist pastors and leaders are expanding their activities to include a gathering in advance of the 2023 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in New Orleans.
Great Commandment, Great Commission to be focus of CP stage conversations
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – A lineup of speakers and guests on the Cooperative Program Stage will point attention toward what should be at the heart of all Southern Baptists.
SBC DIGEST: ‘Road to New Orleans’ dives deep into annual meeting sessions; MBC search team accepting names for executive director
SBC ’23 schedule the focus of ‘Road to New Orleans’ By BP Staff Spence Shelton, chair of the 2023 SBC Committee on Order of Business and pastor of Mercy Church in Charlotte, N.C., joined Jonathan Howe, vice president for communications with the SBC Executive Committee, for a conversation about the program and the business under […]