The stark contrast caught my attention. It also helped keep me grounded on how much preview content to share regarding the upcoming Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting.
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary announced it has received a grant of $1.25 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. in support for the Great Commission Preaching Initiative of Southeastern’s Center for Preaching and Pastoral Leadership.
The Resolutions Committee has released a list of “preliminary” drafts of this year’s proposed resolutions that will go before messengers during the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Indianapolis.
Earl Trapp has been a missionary to the Kayapo Indians for 64 years. Now, he and Jerry Walker, a deacon at First Baptist Church Aztec, New Mexico, are working on digitizing cassette tape recordings of each of Trapp’s sermons to the Kayapo.
“To truly understand and attack the problem of crippling decline looming large over the future of the SBC will require Southern Baptists to embrace two radical steps,” says Chuck Kelley, president emeritus of New Orleans Seminary.
As Southern Baptist messengers gather in Indianapolis for their annual meeting (June 11-12), they will have one more opportunity the night before to hear from the six candidates who are seeking to be elected as SBC president.
Growing up, Austin Mathis didn’t know many pastors who held jobs outside their pastoral roles. So, naturally, when he felt God’s call to plant a church in 2014, Austin didn’t picture himself pastoring while also starting a business and …
Almost all churches believe they are welcoming places for everyone. But many families that include individuals with special needs often feel otherwise. Experts say it doesn’t have to be this way.
Eddie Lopez of First Baptist Church Forney, Texas, en Español announced May 30 he will be nominated for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention. He will be nominated by Matt Kendrick, pastor of Redemption City Church.
“There are a lot of things I regret, but I don’t regret the hack. It had to happen for where we’re at today,” said Sam Rader, during an interview on the Netflix documentary, “Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal.”
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