Hance Dilbeck said in 2023, GuideStone’s research showed that 76% of the ministers they serve say they wish they had started planning for their retirement earlier.
Marcus Redding, a longtime pastor and ministry leader in North Carolina, died May 30 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. During the past seven years, Redding has served as the NAMB’s director of supporting churches. He was 58.
Wissam al-Saliby, a Lebanese Baptist with experience advocating for human rights and international religious freedom, is the new president of 21Wilberforce.
GuideStone trustees unanimously elected Stephen B. Allen as the enterprise’s new chief legal officer during their regular meetings in Dallas on March 4–5.
Rhonda Kelley, former associate director of Innovative Evangelism and adjunct professor of women’s ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, has died.
In a world where someone is killed for their faith every two minutes, Southern Baptists are uniting in prayer on Sunday, Nov. 5, for the Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church.
While the anticipated next step regarding who will lead the SBC Executive Committee in the interim period changed mid-way through the trustees’ meeting this week, trustee chair Philip Robertson plans to begin a new search right away.
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