SBC news nuggets to know this week

Welcome to The Weekly, produced by TAB Media Group, which publishes The Alabama Baptist and The Baptist Paper. Each episode features news headlines read by TAB Media Group staff and volunteers. New episodes are released weekly on Wednesday mornings. Jennifer Rash reports from outside the SBC Annual Meeting convention hall with some of the stories coming out of this year’s meeting in Dallas. Find out more HERE

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BWA names new director of communications, media

June 23, 2026

Following a global search, the Baptist World Alliance names Jeff Peck its new director of communications and media.

Faith groups work to influence change, deliver goods to a Cuba in crisis

June 23, 2026

In the face of an accelerating U.S. pressure campaign, deteriorating public utilities and economic inefficiency, Cuba’s communist government on Thursday (June 18) announced sweeping economic reforms, the largest privatization since before Fidel Castro’s revolution in 1959.

Christian officer barred from policing wins settlement in UK

June 23, 2026

A Christian police officer in the UK has reached a settlement with a county police force who suspended him after he expressed concerns over radical Islam.

Former Truett-McConnell president Emir Caner files lawsuit against Georgia school

June 23, 2026

Former Truett-McConnell University President Emir Caner has filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against the Georgia Baptist school, claiming trustees wrongfully terminated him in September 2025 and seeking lost wages, speaking income, attorney fees and other damages.