Jeff Iorg on being elected the next SBC Exec Comm president: “I am thankful to God for the privilege of leading in this new capacity and for paying back in some way for what Southern Baptists have been to me for now more than 50 years.”
Jeff Iorg, retiring president of Gateway Seminary, is the new Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee president/CEO. He was elected during a special-called trustee meeting in Dallas today (March 21).
The DOJ investigation was launched following the release of the Guidepost Solutions report in May 2022. What hasn’t been reported, however, is exactly what (or who) was investigated by the DOJ …
Following a year-and-a-half-long investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice has concluded its inquiry into Southern Baptist Convention leaders’ handling of sexual abuse without any charges being filed …
“Our goal was to help our pastors realize that church ‘health’ is what we are looking at. We want all of our churches to be healthy — and that can mean different things for each individual church.”
If Southern Baptists believed in the “Hail Mary” pass — that long bomb to the endzone that, if caught, just might save the game — this would be their moment.
“Jeff Iorg is who we have been praying for,” said search team chairman Neal Hughes. Iorg currently serves as the president of Gateway Baptist Theological Seminary, where he has served since 2004.
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