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For the Church National Conference Highlights the Work of God’s Word

Midwestern Seminary welcomed pastors, ministry leaders, and students to Kansas City on September 28–29 for the 2026 For the Church National Conference. Centered on the theme “The Work of the Word,” the conference encouraged attendees to trust the power, sufficiency, and enduring authority of Scripture in every part of the Christian life and ministry.
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Southern Baptist pastor pay stagnant since 2024

Senior pastors at Southern Baptist churches have had to make do with less pay and even less purchasing power recently.
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Baptist layman, 91, is oldest through hiker of Appalachian Trail

Dale “Grey Beard” Sanders is a 91-year-old Baptist layman who last month set a record for the oldest through hiker of the Appalachian Trail – a record he had previously set at the age of 82 on a hike in 2017. It was a journey that began with prayer, and – 2,197 miles later – ended with prayer.
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Rice proposes BF&M amendment addressing gender, marriage

Southern Baptist Convention President Willy Rice is calling for an amendment to the Baptist Faith & Message 2000 to address what he described as cultural confusion over gender, sexuality and marriage.
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SBC Executive Committee passes budget reflecting CP reallocation

Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee members approved several budget-related recommendations at their meeting Sept. 21-22, including one addressing rule changes at the Internal Revenue Service.
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Iorg stresses EC’s ‘limited but essential function’ under reduced budget

The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee must concentrate on its “limited but essential function” as it refines its workload under a reduced budget, EC President and CEO Jeff Iorg told the body at its fall 2026 meeting.
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Missouri Baptist pastors take stand for life at inaugural Missouri Prayer Breakfast

Several Missouri Baptist pastors attended the inaugural Missouri Prayer Breakfast on Capitol Hill, Sept. 16, where Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., unveiled a new Declaration of Life.
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Peace, hope remain for former New York association workers 25 years after 9/11

Volunteers were looking for bodies and finding none, only pieces of former lives in the rubble. David Dean, then-director of missions for the Metropolitan New York Baptist Association (MNYBA), prayed for first responders and others as he wandered the debris field.
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BP editor accepts role to lead Kentucky Baptist association

Brandon Porter, Executive Committee vice president for convention communications, was welcomed as the next associational mission strategist (AMS) for the South Central Baptist Association in Bowling Green, Ky., on Aug. 30.
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Rice announces formation of Commission on Women Serving in Pastoral Ministry

Southern Baptist Convention President Willy Rice has announced the formation of a group whose goal is “to help Southern Baptists achieve greater clarity and consensus around historic Baptist convictions, grounded in Scripture, concerning the office of pastor and women serving in ministry.”
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Adults Account for Most Baptisms in SBC Congregations

As baptisms in Southern Baptist congregations increase, a growing percentage of those entering the baptismal pools are adults.
Missouri

First Baptist Church, Arnold, hosts Southern Baptist Conference of the Deaf

First Baptist Church of Arnold hosted the Southern Baptist Conference of the Deaf (SBCD) to bring the gospel to more of the deaf community. “The Deaf are one of the least reached people groups in the world,” Kenny Qualls, senior pastor, said. “It is heartbreaking that of the 11.5 million deaf in the United States, only 4% claim personal faith in Jesus.”

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