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April 10, 2019
By Will Hall Baptist Message ALEXANDRIA, La. — Steve Horn is a leader among leaders in the Louisiana Baptist Convention and someone who loves Louisiana Baptists, Waylon Bailey shared with the Baptist Message in announcing Horn as the candidate the search committee will present May 7 to the LBC Executive Board for a vote.
April 10, 2019
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Ronnie Floyd had told his wife Jeana not to worry. Jeana couldn’t shake a feeling that one of five Southern Baptist Convention entities seeking presidents at that time would recruit her husband to the helm. “We’re happy,” Floyd reassured her. “It’s not going to happen. God is moving, all […]
April 2, 2019
Compiled by B&R staff DALLAS — Ronnie Floyd was elected as the new president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee by ballot vote in a called meeting on Tuesday (April 2) in Dallas. Floyd received 68 of 69 votes cast, the EC said, electing Floyd in an executive session of nearly four […]
March 31, 2019
By David Roach Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Arkansas pastor and former Southern Baptist Convention president Ronnie Floyd will be recommended for the presidency of the SBC Executive Committee, the EC’s presidential search committee announced today (March 31). The full EC will consider Floyd’s nomination Tuesday, April 2, at a special called meeting in Dallas to begin at […]
March 20, 2019
By David Roach Baptist Press DALLAS — The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee will hold a special called meeting in Dallas April 2 to vote on a presidential nominee, EC chairman Mike Stone announced March 19. The EC’s presidential search committee “has confirmed a nominee,” Stone said in an email to the full EC. The […]
March 20, 2019
By Carol Pipes LifeWay Christian Resources director of corporate communications NASHVILLE — LifeWay Christian Resources is charting a new course in 2019 marking a strategic shift of resources to a dynamic digital strategy. As part of the transition, LifeWay will close its 170 brick-and-mortar stores in 2019.
March 19, 2019
By Aaron Earls LifeWay Christian Resources NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Americans are expected to wager more than $8 billion on the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, but don’t bet on many pastors joining in. A new study from Nashville-based LifeWay Research found most pastors believe it is morally wrong to bet on sports, while few agree it […]
March 18, 2019
By Roy Hayhurst GuideStone director of denominational and public relations DALLAS — A three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled that the minister’s housing allowance is constitutional under two landmark legal precedents, reversing a lower court’s ruling that declared the minister’s cash housing allowance unconstitutional because it violated the Establishment […]
March 18, 2019
By Aaron Earls LifeWay Research In many congregations in the United States, new faces in the pews have become rare. A new study from Exponential by LifeWay Research found 6 in 10 Protestant churches are plateaued or declining in attendance and more than half saw fewer than 10 people become new Christians in the past […]
March 14, 2019
By Tobin Perry Baptist Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — As Southern Baptists from across the country make plans for the SBC annual meeting in June, they’re also preparing to engage more than 20,000 homes with the Gospel through Crossover activities. The North American Mission Board and Alabama State Board of Missions will mobilize 400 teams of […]
March 8, 2019
By David Roach Baptist Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Paul Fisher, the leader of a North Carolina Baptist mission team repairing roofs in Puerto Rico, died Feb. 28 in a swimming accident near San Juan. He was 36. Fisher and his wife Carrie were heading up a team assembled by North Carolina Baptists on […]
March 6, 2019
Baptist Press WASHINGTON — The Senate again has rejected legislation to require health care for a child born alive during an abortion, leaving most Democratic members vulnerable to charges of supporting infanticide. In a roll call Monday (Feb. 25), senators voted 53-44 to bring the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act to the floor for a […]