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October 5, 2018
From Baptist & Reflector, Baptist Press reports NASHVILLE — Randy C. Davis, president and executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, is among numerous state leaders and executive directors who have embraced Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear’s call for a national day of fasting and prayer for the presidential search committees at five […]
October 3, 2018
By Brandon Elrod Baptist Press NEW YORK — Kevin Ezell, president of the North American Mission Board (NAMB), announced to trustees during their meeting that the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions broke the $60 million mark for the first time ever in 2018, with Southern Baptists giving $61.1 million.
October 3, 2018
By Gary D. Myers Baptist Press NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary President Charles S. “Chuck” Kelley Jr., announced his plan to retire at the end of the current academic year during Founders’ Day chapel Oct. 2.
September 21, 2018
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press NASHVILLE — “Employees are fine” a day after a bullet destroyed a fifth-floor window at LifeWay Christian Resources’ downtown Nashville complex, company spokesperson Carol Pipes told Baptist Press.
September 20, 2018
Baptist Press staff NASHVILLE — An initiative by Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear to address sexual abuse in the church will be funded by the first $250,000 in Cooperative Program overage for 2017-2018, by a vote of the SBC Executive Committee.
September 20, 2018
By Bob Smietana Baptist Press NASHVILLE — In recent months, churches have been rocked by high-profile accusations of sexual misconduct among clergy.
September 14, 2018
By Julie McGowan IMB office Editorial note: Statements from Platt and Dunbar follow this release. RICHMOND, Virginia — After receiving the resignation of Dr. David Platt, IMB president, to be effective at the Sept. 27, 2018, trustee meeting, the Executive Committee of the board of trustees of the International Mission Board voted in a special […]
September 11, 2018
By David Roach Baptist Press HUSTONVILLE, Ky. — Pastor Andrew McGinnis still remembers his “solemn drive” home on June 25, 1995.
September 5, 2018
By Carol Pipes LifeWay Christian Resources NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Compensation for full-time Southern Baptist pastors and church staff has lagged behind the growth in the cost-of-living over the past two years. And health insurance coverage remains low, according to the 2018 SBC Church Compensation Study.
September 3, 2018
By Caleb Yarbrough Baptist Press ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — The rumble of the on-board generator lent a muffled, but noticeable, undertone as Trennis and Pam Henderson gave a tour of their new home. Outfitted with all the modern comforts and conveniences expected in a 21st century home — if not in somewhat smaller proportions —- the […]
August 29, 2018
Baptist Press ATLANTA — Agreements to “assume the best in one another” and that a “gospel-above-all culture needs to prevail” in the Southern Baptist Convention were among the outcomes when SBC President J.D. Greear met Aug. 20 with 15 executive directors of Baptist state conventions, including Randy C. Davis of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. […]
August 28, 2018
By Mike Ebert Baptist Press ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Johnny Hunt, longtime pastor of First Baptist Church Woodstock, Ga., and past president of the Southern Baptist Convention, will join the North American Mission Board as senior vice president of evangelism and leadership. Hunt and NAMB announced the news Sunday (Aug. 26).