In addition to reelecting Bart Barber as Southern Baptist Convention president for another year, messengers to the annual meeting June 13–14 in New Orleans elected
Ben Mandrell, Lifeway president and CEO, said when he first became a pastor, he supported children’s ministry, but from a distance. But then his wife,
Messengers to the 2023 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in New Orleans took a first vote June 14 to amend the SBC constitution by adding
In a show of support for the ongoing efforts to implement abuse reform measures in the Southern Baptist Convention, SBC messengers voted overwhelmingly in favor
The ballots have been counted, and messengers to the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting in New Orleans voted overwhelmingly in favor of disaffiliating with Saddleback Church
Hannah* was “an ordinary girl who grew up hearing all the missionary stories and started asking, ‘Why not me? If God could call them, He
Yellow ballots went up across the convention center in New Orleans on Wednesday morning June 14 during the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting’s convention sermon —
“Life is precious.” Brent Leatherwood, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, began his report in at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Southern
In 1917, Southern Baptists meeting in New Orleans were introduced to the idea of a board that would help pastors with relief and retirement support.
Despite emotional appeals to overturn their dismissal from the Southern Baptist Convention, messengers voted to sustain the removal of three churches ruled not in “friendly
