“A couple of years ago, we said our goal was to work to get to a position of short-term financial responsibility and long-term organizational stability, and by God’s grace, we are there,” Platt says.
The 2017 SBC Pastors' Conference proved historic on many levels including the unanimous election of H.B. Charles Jr. as the conference's first black president.
The Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting drew 5,018 messengers to Phoenix June 13-14. The unofficial total is 31.6 percent fewer than last year’s 7,321 messengers.
