Southern Baptist volunteers in Maryland-Delaware area are ready to respond as needed after the Francis Scott Key Bridge suddenly collapsed into the Baltimore harbor following a “ship strike” early Tuesday morning (March 26).
Roger Alford, editor of The Christian Index for the past three years, announced his departure Friday (March 22) from the Georgia Baptist Mission Board’s newsjournal, effective at the end of the month.
Jeff Iorg on being elected the next SBC Exec Comm president: “I am thankful to God for the privilege of leading in this new capacity and for paying back in some way for what Southern Baptists have been to me for now more than 50 years.”
Jeff Iorg, retiring president of Gateway Seminary, is the new Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee president/CEO. He was elected during a special-called trustee meeting in Dallas today (March 21).
Following a year-and-a-half-long investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice has concluded its inquiry into Southern Baptist Convention leaders’ handling of sexual abuse without any charges being filed …
Liberty University has agreed to pay a $14 million fine for failures in reporting campus crime and its handling of sexual abuse survivors, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
“Jeff Iorg is who we have been praying for,” said search team chairman Neal Hughes. Iorg currently serves as the president of Gateway Baptist Theological Seminary, where he has served since 2004.
To help them navigate the challenges of being a pastor, Midwestern Seminary has launched a new podcast: The Heart of Pastoring with Jared Wilson and Ronnie Martin.
Proposed $190 million CP allocation budget for the upcoming 2024–25 fiscal year is down $5 million from the current 2023–24 budget year. EC trustees also approve Credentials Committee’s recommendation to disaffiliate 4 churches.
“We’ve changed our process, and I’m happy to say for the first time ever this year you will know what the proposed resolutions are for the SBC Annual meeting well before we gather in Indianapolis,” said SBC president Bart Barber.
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