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June 21, 2022
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org ANAHEIM, Cailf. — Southern Baptists overwhelmingly approved the report of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Sexual Abuse Task Force during the SBC’s annual meeting June 14-15 at the Anaheim Convention Center. The California meeting drew 8,133 messengers, including 544 from Tennessee. Tennessee ranked third in number of messengers, […]
June 15, 2022
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org ANAHEIM, Calif. — Southern Baptist Convention messengers took a “good first step” in dealing with sexual abuse issues within the denomination, said Bruce Frank, pastor of Biltmore Baptist Church, Arden, North Carolina, chair of the Sexual Abuse Task Force. During the June 14 session of the SBC […]
June 15, 2022
By Leslie Peacock Caldwell IMB news office ANAHEIM, Calif. — International Mission Board president Paul Chitwood began IMB’s report to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting with recent good news from the mission field. He recounted a message he received the previous night from a pastor whose daughter serves overseas. Chitwood shared that three Muslim […]
June 15, 2022
The Baptist Paper ANAHEIM, Calif. — Bart Barber, pastor of First Baptist Church Farmersville, Texas, and active denominational leader, was elected 64th president of the Southern Baptist Convention on June 14 during the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim, California. Barber received 3,401 votes on a second runoff ballot, garnering 60.87 percent of the 5,587 […]
June 15, 2022
By Diane Chandler Baptist Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Southern Baptist Convention President Ed Litton calls it a “gut punch” – Jesus’ reference to his disciples as an “unbelieving and perverse generation.” Jesus had two questions for disciples in the Matthew 17 passage, which Litton posed in his June 14 address as if Jesus were speaking […]
June 14, 2022
By Jennifer Davis Rash The Baptist Paper Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Anaheim came to do business and even lined up at microphones before the opening session began at 8 a.m. The first opportunity to present motions came at 10:10 a.m. Pacific time and 23 were presented before time ran out. […]
June 14, 2022
By Timothy Cockes Baptist Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Seven new SBC Executive Committee officers were elected during the group’s June 13 meeting, including new EC Chairman Jared Wellman, lead pastor of Tate Springs Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas. Other newly elected officers include Vice Chairman David Sons, Secretary Pam Reed and four EC subcommittee (also […]
June 14, 2022
By Scott Barkley Baptist Press ANAHEIM — With $4 million now pledged from Send Relief toward funding sexual abuse reforms over the next year, Executive Committee members voted June 13 to rescind their recently approved recommendations for that same objective. EC Chair Rolland Slade, overseeing his final trustee meeting, extended thanks for the gift to […]
June 14, 2022
By Robin Cornetet Baptist Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Daniel Dickard, senior pastor of Friendly Avenue Baptist Church in Greensboro, N.C., was elected president of the 2023 SBC Pastors’ Conference on June 13. Dickard won the election by a ballot vote, defeating African Christian University’s dean of theology Voddie Baucham by a vote of 690 (50.85 […]
June 13, 2022
By Robin Cornetet Kentucky Today ANAHEIM, Calif. — With the weight of so many important decisions facing Southern Baptists in the coming days, hundreds gathered to pray at the Anaheim Convention Center June 12. Arkansas pastor Bill Elliff and Robby Gallaty, pastor of Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, led audience members on what the […]
June 13, 2022
By Grace Thornton The Alabama Baptist ANAHEIM, Calif. — Connie Dixon covered some miles this past year as she served as national Woman’s Missionary Union president. She visited 20 states, had 29 speaking opportunities, attended 94 Zoom calls, recorded five videos and two podcasts, wrote 27 articles and walked through 61 airports. “I have loved […]
June 13, 2022
By Brandon Elrod Baptist Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Following a week of Southern Baptist seminary students engaging neighborhoods around Anaheim, 34 churches engaged their communities through various outreach events Saturday, June 11, through Crossover, which partnered with Send Relief to host a Serve Tour experience that took place ahead of the 2022 Southern Baptist Convention […]