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Iorg highlights ‘steady’ SBC progress amid ongoing challenges

During the Executive Committee’s winter meeting in Nashville, Jeff Iorg shared his report emphasizing “steady incremental progress” despite ongoing challenges facing the Southern Baptist Convention. Among the highlights, the EC’s president and CEO shared Monday evening (Feb. 16) promising reports related to the Cooperative Program. Iorg began by addressing last year’s $3 million allocation of CP funds needed to help the Executive Committee handle a flood of incoming legal expenses. He added some voiced concerns

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February 16, 2026
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Four young women named to 2026 National Acteens Panel        

Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU, SBC) has named four young women to the 2026 National Acteens Panel. They include Alexis Andrade of Freeman of Heights Baptist Church in Garland, Texas; Hannah Cooke of Harp’s Crossing Baptist Church in Fayetteville, Georgia; Abigail Howard of Casey First Baptist Church in Casey, Illinois; and Jamila Toya of Jemez Valley Baptist Church in Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico. For more stories at your doorstep, subscribe to The Baptist Paper. SIGN UP for

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February 6, 2026
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Opinion: Chuck Kelley’s take on SBC trends

“This is not a time for Southern Baptists to get mad. It is not a time to look for a person or persons to blame. Southern Baptist leaders need to know that we can handle disappointing news and face challenges with resolve, not rage. This is a time for Southern Baptists to buckle up and get ready for some tough news, some hard choices, and the necessity of working up hill for years,” said Chuck

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October 31, 2025
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GCR Task Force audio files (part 9): The final meeting and ‘To God be the Glory’

EDITOR’S NOTE — The Baptist Paper staff members have completed their review of the audio files from the 2009–2010 meetings of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force. (See all nine related articles here.)   The final official GCR Task Force meeting began in Nashville on April 26, 2010. “Here we are,” chair Ronnie Floyd declared as he ran through a few housekeeping items. He mentioned task force member J.D. Greear was unable to attend the meeting.

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October 31, 2025
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GCR Task Force files (part 7): Robin Hood, ‘Dad in the room’ and the SBC Exec Comm

EDITOR’S NOTE — The Baptist Paper staff members continue their review of the audio files from the 2009–2010 meetings of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force. (See related articles here.)  Staff members are currently working through audio files from the remaining meetings and will release highlights from those meetings in the coming weeks. At the beginning of a GCR Task Force session in San Antonio, Jan. 26–28, Johnny Hunt, then president of the Southern Baptist

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October 3, 2025
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GCR Task Force audio files (part 6): Reaching the world and ‘pulling gum out of an angora sweater’

EDITOR’S NOTE — The Baptist Paper staff members continue their review of the audio files from the 2009–2010 meetings of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force. (See other articles in series here.)  Staff members are currently working through audio files from the remaining meetings and will release highlights from those meetings in the coming weeks. Here are a few more highlights from the meeting in Atlanta (Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2009): Morris Chapman, then president and

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September 19, 2025