ST. LOUIS – As the young mother scooped up her son after a morning of Southern Baptist preaching and business, Angie Hurd couldn’t help but overhear the conversation surrounding their reunion. “The three-year-old said, ‘Mommy, I cried and I cried and I cried and then I loved it,’” said Hurd, Childcare Coordinator for Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (DR). “That’s why we do what we do. This program allows moms the opportunity to stay and take part in the annual meeting without having to … [Read more...]
IMB, NAMB report to messengers
ST. LOUIS – International Mission Board President David Platt and North American Mission Board President Kevin Ezell reported to messengers at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, June 15. International Mission Board For more than 170 years, God has blessed the International Mission Board for the spread of the Gospel among the nations – and by God’s grace, 170 years later, the IMB is “standing strong,” IMB’s Platt reported to messengers. “I am confident that not every one of … [Read more...]
Rainer, at SBC, recaps LifeWay’s eventful year
ST LOUIS (BP) – In the spring of 1891, Southern Baptists meeting at the Alabama Opera House in Birmingham voted to create a Sunday School board to publish Bible studies and other resources for discipleship. Today that board, now LifeWay Christian Resources, remains committed to the same core mission, Thom S. Rainer told messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention on Wednesday morning, July 15. “The struggle to create the board is an incredible story I commend to your study,” LifeWay’s … [Read more...]
GuideStone highlights unique services
ST. LOUIS (BP) – GuideStone President O.S. Hawkins relayed the entity’s 98th report to messengers at the Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday, June 14. Hawkins reported on GuideStone’s Supreme Court challenge and its operational areas, including health care reform, property & casualty, investments and Mission:Dignity. Hawkins cited published media reports that indicate some medical insurers in state health care exchanges are either exiting the market or indicating the need for rate … [Read more...]
In Marvel vs. DC superhero battle, only one is family-friendly, watchdog says
LOS ANGELES (Christian Examiner) – Superhero movies remain as popular as ever among parents and children, but only one company – Marvel – is committed to making content for the entire family. So says the Parents Television Council’s Christopher Gildemeister, who argues in a new blog post that when comparing the two superhero companies – Marvel and DC – it is obvious which one does not care about catering to children. “Marvel has done an excellent job in assuring that its most famous … [Read more...]
Pastors seek biblical politics
ST. LOUIS (BP) – Proclaiming Scripture instead of promoting controversy is their approach when addressing political issues, pastors said during a June 15 panel discussion at the 2016 Southern Baptist Convention. Five Southern Baptist pastors explained to Ronnie Floyd, now former SBC president, during the afternoon session how they handle political issues in their churches. The panel discussion – titled “Pastors and the Church in American Politics Today” and moderated by Floyd – came during … [Read more...]
Entity heads address questions
ST. LOUIS (BP) – Questions were posed to four Southern Baptist Convention entity presidents during time allotted for messengers’ questions during the leaders’ respective reports at the June 14-15 SBC annual meeting in St. Louis. Following are accounts of the four entity presidents’ responses. Not all entity presidents were asked questions. North American Mission Board Allen Calkins, pastor of First Baptist Church in Gray Summit, Mo., asked Kevin Ezell, president of the North American … [Read more...]
Sermons on biblical sexuality illegal in Iowa?
DES MOINES, Iowa (ADF) – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing an Iowa church filed a federal lawsuit Monday against members of the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, among others, to stop the government from censoring the church’s teaching on biblical sexuality and from forcing the church to open its restrooms and showers to members of the opposite sex. The commission is interpreting a state law to ban churches from expressing their views on human sexuality if they would “directly … [Read more...]
SBC honors Pearl Harbor survivor
ST. LOUIS (BP) – World War II veteran Bill McAnany, until recent years a Missouri resident and one of 2,000 living survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, was introduced to the Southern Baptist Convention as messengers honored America and recognized military veterans June 14 at the SBC’s annual meeting in St. Louis. Calling it an “awesome privilege,” SBC President Ronnie Floyd observed that a memory of WWII disappears from American culture every three minutes as those who fought … [Read more...]
Young families excited about SBC’s future
ST. LOUIS – When Pastor Nathan Rose and his wife, Rachel, left the Annual Meeting in St. Louis to go back to their home in Liberty, they returned refreshed, inspired and filled with excitement about the future of the Southern Baptist Convention. “I was raised Southern Baptist, and I see such value in cooperating with like-minded Christians,” he said. “We have such a great resource in each other, and I think it’s important to get connected so we can be as effective as possible.” Rose … [Read more...]
10 motions referred to entities
ST. LOUIS (BP) – Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention proposed 22 motions, the most since 2010. Ten motions were referred to convention entities for further study and for a report at the 2017 SBC meeting in Phoenix. The Committee on Order of Business automatically referred three motions to SBC entities and/or the Executive Committee: • A motion by Lonnie Wilkey of Tulip Grove Baptist Church, Old Hickory, Tenn., to ask trustees of all SBC entities to consider examining their media … [Read more...]
Missions effectiveness examined by SBC leaders
ST. LOUIS (BP) – Entity leaders discussed ways to be more effective in global missions during one of 18 Cooperative Program panel discussions held June 13-15 in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in St. Louis. The videotaped discussion took place at one side of the America Center’s exhibit hall with Jon Akin, pastor of Fairview Baptist Church near Nashville moderating. Responding to his questions were Frank S. Page, president of the SBC’s Executive … [Read more...]
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