While 11 of the motions made during the morning session were referred to appropriate entities for further consideration and to report back to messengers next year, two will be debated and voted on by this year’s messengers tomorrow, June 11.
In addition to electing North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley for a second term as Southern Baptist Convention president, messengers to the annual meeting June 10–11 in Dallas elected a slate of other leaders.
North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley has been elected for a second term as Southern Baptist Convention president.
Recalling his early years playing football, Clint Pressley recalled how there were some players he was friends with and some he “barely knew their name.”
Held June 9 prior to the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting, the race featured 11 participants from around the SBC who competed inside the exhibit hall.
Jimmy Scroggins said his dad was a high school football coach, and the one thing he prided himself on the most was how many of
“We [at GuideStone] want to help you take care of yourself so that you can fulfill your calling,” said Hance Dilbeck, president of GuideStone, during the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Dallas.
“This is a critical passage for every pastor in this room as we say, ‘Lord, I want to be faithful, I want to honor You, I want to be fruitful in ministry,’” Aaron Harvie said. “How do we do it?”
This year’s WMU celebration at the Omni Dallas Hotel June 8 featured the theme “Let the Nations Be Glad,” based on Psalm 67:4: “May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the people with equity and guide the nations of the earth.”
Robert Smith told those present at the Pastors Conference to “keep your head steady, be clear minded, be alert and do not be shaken by what takes place” — no matter what happens — as they finish their race.
