ST. LOUIS – St. Louis has been recommended to host the 159th annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) June 14-15, 2016.
The recommendation was made by the SBC Executive Committee’s business and finance subcommittee and, if approved by messengers attending the 154th SBC annual meeting June 14-15 in Phoenix, Ariz., it will mark the 10th time St. Louis has hosted the event.
The first time St. Louis served as the host city was in 1871, the most recent in 2002. The annual meeting was also held in St. Louis in 1913, 1936, 1947, 1954, 1961, 1971, 1980 and 1987.
BY STAFF