PHOENIX (BP) – Brad Graves, pastor of First Baptist Church in Ada, Okla., will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors' Conference, according to an announcement by Missouri pastor Malachi O'Brien. O'Brien, SBC second vice president and pastor of prayer and church revitalization at First Baptist Church in Raytown, Mo., stated in an April 13 announcement to Baptist Press Graves "is a leader that God is using mightily." "Just recently, First Baptist Church … [Read more...]
IMB to continue limitless challenge
PHOENIX (BP) – During the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in Phoenix, International Mission Board personnel will share how Southern Baptists can be a part of making disciples of all nations as God's ordinary people empowered by His limitless power to fulfill Christ's Great Commission. The SBC annual meeting June 13-14 also will feature a "Sending Celebration" as the IMB celebrates missionaries, along with their church families. Together they are answering God's call to … [Read more...]
After 20 years in SBC post, Yeats to be renominated
PHOENIX (BP) – John L. Yeats, first elected as the Southern Baptist Convention’s recording secretary in 1997, will be re-nominated for the post during the SBC’s June 13-14 annual meeting in Phoenix. Yeats, executive director of the Missouri Baptist Convention, was serving as editor of the Indiana Baptist convention newsjournal when first elected as SBC recording secretary 20 years ago during the 1997 annual meeting in Dallas. Spencer Plumlee, pastor of Riverview Baptist Church in … [Read more...]
MBTS’ Duesing appointed to Resolutions Committee
PHOENIX (BP) – Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines has named the members of the Committee on Resolutions for the June 13-14 SBC annual meeting in Phoenix. One Missourian was named to the committee: Jason Duesing, provost and associate professor of historical theology, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City; member, Antioch Bible Baptist Church, Gladstone. Barrett Duke of Montana was named chairman of the SBC Committee on Resolutions by SBC President Steve … [Read more...]
‘Pray! For such a time as this’
PHOENIX (BP) – As this year's Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting approaches, SBC President Steve Gaines says fellow Baptists should anticipate emphases on prayer, evangelism and financial stewardship at the June 13-14 gathering in Phoenix, where the 2003 and 2011 annual meetings also were held. This year's annual meeting theme is "Pray! For such a time as this" based on Luke 18:1 and Esther 4:14. Gaines hopes that through a commitment "to fervent, frequent, faith-filled prayer," … [Read more...]