Anti-trafficking specialist Ashlee Lucas of The Tebow Group shared one instance of a Red Dot Map, a law enforcement visualization of computers in the U.S. accessing child sexual abuse material.
The more than 11,000 messengers and their guests endured a full day of entity reports, the first set of officer elections and an opportunity to make their requests known today (June 9) during the SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando.
SBC President Clint Pressley preached from Ephesians 4 in his address to messengers at the Annual Meeting in Orlando June 9, calling for vigilance in biblical doctrine, but also a spirit of humility in the body.
In his address to messengers to the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting, Al Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, offered a brief history lesson of SBC seminaries and their purpose: “to make certain that Southern Baptists had a faithful … mechanism for producing a learned ministry, an educated ministry.”
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has eliminated debt and improved its financial position, but the campus also has seen spiritual and cultural renewal, president David Dockery said in his June 9 report to messengers to the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting.
In his 23rd and final report to messengers of the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting, Danny Akin, president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Judson College, noted the seminary’s strength, specifically marked by increased enrollment across all degree programs.
God is doing “good things” on the campus of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, president Jamie Dew told messengers to the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting on June 9.
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is growing while staying true to its mission to serve Southern Baptists and work closely with churches, president Jason K. Allen told messengers to the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando on June 9.
Gateway Seminary has seen “remarkable evidence of God’s faithfulness” in the past year seminary president Adam Groza told messengers to the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando on June 9.
Brilliant trumpet tones filled the convention hall to open the North American Mission Board’s (NAMB) Send Luncheon, Monday June 8, as the event began by honoring Southern Baptist chaplains.
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