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.
In his first report to SBC messengers as president and CEO of Lifeway, Ryan Blackwell said the organization is more committed than ever to providing resources for the local church that are grounded in Scripture.
The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission team is guided by a desire to support pastors, stand for truth and serve churches, said Gary Hollingsworth, ERLC outgoing interim director, in his report to messengers at the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting.
“Guidestone is doing very well. God’s good hand has been upon us,” GuideStone President Hance Dilbeck said in his report to the convention.
Al Mohler introduced his constitutional amendment regarding women preaching as a formal motion during the first business session of the SBC Annual Meeting this morning (June 9), ensuring it will be a focus of discussion in later business sessions.
“We must streamline operations and focus more narrowly on our core functions … The EC has a limited but essential function in the SBC eco-system. Limited does not mean unimportant,” EC president Jeff Iorg shared June 8 during the EC meeting in Orlando.
As Southern Baptists return to Orlando, Florida, for its annual meeting this week, we recall other SBC milestones connected to Orlando.
Southern Baptist leaders, in an effort led by Lifeway Christian Resources, have released a new statement intended to help guide pastors and ministers in the application of AI.
Here’s the Bible Studies for Life Sunday School lesson commentary for June 14, written by Bobby McKay, pastor of New Liberty Baptist Church in Morton, Mississippi.
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