WMU search committee formed, seeking candidates for executive director
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Connie Dixon, WMU president, has formed a search committee to seek the organization’s next executive director-treasurer following Sandy Wisdom-Martin’s Dec. 10 announcement of her intentions to retire by January 2027. Wisdom-Martin has devoted more than 35 years serving in Southern Baptist leadership roles with the past nine and a half leading national WMU.
SBC DIGEST: Lifeway to host leadership webinar; WMU names Acteens panel
Lifeway to host ‘Thriving in Ministry’ webinar; Four young women named to National Acteens Panel.
WMU board meeting underscores ‘meant for the mission’
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Meant for the Mission, a two-year theme that will be woven throughout WMU curriculum beginning this fall, provided the backdrop for more than 20 different speakers who shared missions testimonies and illustrations of God’s faithfulness during WMU’s January board meeting, Jan. 10-12.
Sandy Wisdom-Martin announces retirement plans
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Sandy Wisdom-Martin, executive director-treasurer of WMU, SBC, announced today she will retire in January 2027, which will mark 36 years of ministry service. Wisdom-Martin has led WMU since October 2016.
SBC DIGEST: SBC25 recap resources; O’Brien, Dodd award recipients
2025 SBC Annual Meeting recap slides and video available to church; Ketner recognized for ‘unwavering commitment to the Great Commission’; Union honors Shaddix with Dodd Award during SBC meeting.
WMU report highlights CP, discipleship
DALLAS – The historic and current role of Woman’s Missionary Union in supporting the Cooperative Program and its focus on evangelism and discipleship were highlighted in WMU’s report to the Southern Baptist Convention on June 11.
WMU Missions Celebration to honor missionaries, proclaim joy to the nations
DALLAS (BP) -- Gather your friends and celebrate God’s work around the world through His people at the WMU Missions Celebration just prior to the SBC Annual Meeting.
SBC DIGEST: Ministers Tax Guide released; RAs expand through 12th grade
GuideStone announces release of its Ministers’ Tax Guide; WMU expands Royal Ambassadors to include young men through 12th grade.
WMU January board meeting highlights joy
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) – Despite a major winter storm that impacted travel across the country and brought a blanket of snow to Birmingham, approximately 180 missions leaders gathered for national WMU’s board meeting Jan. 11-13 in Alabama.
Gilbreath, Harrell to serve on National Acteens Panel
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) – Eden Gilbreath of Stallings Memorial Baptist Church in Salisbury, N.C., and Carolyn Harrell of Calvary Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa, Ala., have been named as this year’s national Acteens panelists.










