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May 30, 2018
Baptist Press DALLAS — Tennessee evangelist and pastor Jerry Drace will be nominated for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Union University professor Ernest Easley announced May 16.
May 29, 2018
By David Roach Baptist Press DALLAS — Your local Baptist association’s DOM (director of missions) soon could be the AMS (associational mission strategist) if the association takes the title-change recommendation of a report to be presented next month at a gathering of associational leaders.
May 24, 2018
By David Roach Baptist Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Historical theologian Jeffrey Bingham has accepted the interim presidency of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The position was offered to him May 23 in a 3 a.m. phone call from trustee chairman Kevin Ueckert after trustees named former president Paige Patterson as president emeritus.
May 23, 2018
By David Roach Baptist Press FORT WORTH, Texas — In a meeting that began at 1:30 p.m. May 22 and ended just after 3 a.m. May 23, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s trustees appointed Paige Patterson president emeritus effective immediately.
May 22, 2018
By David Roach Baptist Press NASHVILLE — After nearly a year and a half of discussions concerning a Washington church with lesbian co-pastors, the Southern Baptist Convention has notified the District of Columbia Baptist Convention that “the formal relationship between the SBC and the DCBC has come to an end,” according to a statement by […]
May 21, 2018
Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Nominees for Southern Baptist Convention committees and entities have been announced by SBC President Steve Gaines, pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church, Cordova.
May 17, 2018
By Roy Hayhurst Baptist Press DALLAS — Churches and pastors looking for budget-minded health care coverage as well as protection for their employees and their families have another option to consider coming this summer.
May 17, 2018
By Art Toalston Baptist Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Timothy George, founding dean of the interdenominational Beeson Divinity School at Samford University, has announced he will step down as dean by the end of the 2018-2019 academic year.
May 11, 2018
Baptist Press CORDOVA — Responding to questions about his committee appointments and controversy involving a Southern Baptist seminary leader, SBC President Steve Gaines released a statement today (May 11) to Baptist Press. Gaines, pastor of Memphis-area Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tenn., specifically addresses the controversy involving past statements by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President […]
May 10, 2018
By Bob Smietana LifeWay news office NASHVILLE — Most churchgoers say the Bible commands them to give. But their tithes don’t always go in the offering plate.
May 4, 2018
Today (May 3) is the National Day of Prayer From Baptist Press By Ronnie Floyd Senior pastor of Cross Church in Northwest Arkansas President of the National Day of Prayer SPRINGDALE, Ark. — This year marks the 30th anniversary of the National Day of Prayer. Many of us pray for America on a regular basis, but […]
May 4, 2018
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Multitudes prayed in thousands of venues on the 2018 National Day of Prayer, capped with a televised national prayer service scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Eastern today (May 3) in the U.S. Capitol. Southern Baptist Convention Pastors’ Conference President H.B. Charles, pastor of Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Fla., […]