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October 2, 2019
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Online hotel registration opens Tuesday (Oct. 1) for the Southern Baptist Convention 2020 Annual Meeting June 9-10 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. Reservations open 8 a.m. Central Time at sbcannualmeeting.net/sbc20, under the housing & travel tab. SBC Executive Committee President Ronnie Floyd called […]
September 30, 2019
By Aaron Earls Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Most American evangelicals believe Jesus’ Golden Rule — “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” — applies to politics. Some, however, see the political realm leading up to the 2020 elections as no place for niceness, according to a new study. A LifeWay Research […]
September 30, 2019
By IMB and Baptist Press RICHMOND, Va. — International Mission Board trustees approved the appointment of 24 new fulltime, fully funded personnel to take the Gospel to unreached people and places during their Sept. 25-26 meeting near Richmond, Va. The meeting also included an update on an external report regarding IMB’s prevention and response to […]
September 24, 2019
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — Kris and Jill Hopkins so appreciated the gospel call at Christ Community Church in Huntersville, N.C., on Sept. 8 that they hugged pastor Ronnie Parrott and cried after their baptisms moments later. “They were in tears and grateful that we cared enough about them to give them […]
September 19, 2019
By Gary D. Myers Baptist Press TEL HADID, Israel — Nestled between accounts of Israel’s defeat at the hands of the Assyrian army and the rise of Hezekiah’s kingship in Judea, the importance of 2 Kings 17:24-40 can be easy to overlook. The verses speak of the people groups the Assyrians sent to the region […]
September 17, 2019
By Aaron Earls Baptist Press NASHVILLE — What began as midweek prayer meetings in the 18th century have become an accepted part of congregational life in the vast majority of Protestant churches in America, a study released Tuesday (Sept. 10) shows. Nine in 10 Protestant pastors say they have some type of activity on Wednesday […]
September 10, 2019
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Happily wed to his new bride Pennie, Joe Wright didn’t want to travel without her in his role as executive director of the Bivocational and Small Church Leadership Network (BSCLN). “When I interviewed with the BSCLN and they offered me the position, I shared with them, ‘This is […]
September 4, 2019
Baptist Press staff reports NASHVILLE — Jonathan P. Howe has been named vice president of communications for the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee effective Sept. 5. Officers of the Executive Committee approved Howe upon recommendation of EC President Ronnie Floyd during an Aug. 28 conference call. Howe, of Franklin, Tenn., will oversee all SBC Executive […]
September 4, 2019
By Tom Strode Baptist Press WASHINGTON — Non-discrimination protections in federal workplace law do not cover “sexual orientation” or “gender identity,” the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and other faith-based organizations have told the U.S. Supreme Court. The ERLC signed onto friend-of-the-court briefs filed Aug. 23 by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops […]
August 29, 2019
By BP staff SHERMAN, Texas — Paige Patterson, former president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, has denied allegations of negligence, violation of privacy and liability in a federal court lawsuit filed by a former seminary student. In a court document filed Aug. 26, Patterson responded to the lawsuit in which he is a co-defendant with […]
August 27, 2019
By Aaron Wilson LifeWay Christian Resources NASHVILLE — LifeWay trustees, employees and special guests gathered at the organization’s headquarters on Monday to celebrate the inauguration of Ben Mandrell as the 10th president of LifeWay Christian Resources. On a day marked with heavy rain and overcast skies, Mandrell forecasted a bright future for the organization—not just […]
August 26, 2019
By Erin Roach Baptist Press RIDGECREST, N.C. — The Southern Baptist Conference of the Deaf (SBCD) gathered for their 71st annual meeting and elected a woman president for the third time in their history as they rallied around the theme “Good News 24/7” from Mark 16:15. More than 130 people from 20 states, Japan, Mexico […]