FARMERSVILLE, Texas (BP) – Texas pastor Bart Barber announced Wednesday (Mar. 30) he will nominate Nathan Finn, current provost at North Greenville University, for the position of SBC recording secretary at the upcoming 2022 SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim, Calif. Finn is the second announced candidate, along with Javier Chavez, for the opening created last month when John Yeats announced he would not seek the office again this year. Yeats has served in the position since 1997. “Nathan … [Read more...]
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Southern Baptist Disaster Relief experiences more than 2,100 salvations in 2021
NASHVILLE (BP) – More than 2,100 professions of faith came as a result of the ministry of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) in 2021, which is nearly a record number for professions of faith in a single year for the ministry. The full total of 2,133 professions of faith is just one of the positive statistics from SBDR. Other positive reports include more than 83,000 meals distributed, more than 51,000 volunteer days throughout the year and more than 10,000 Gospel … [Read more...]
Dickard to be nominated for Pastors’ Conference president
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (BP) – Daniel Dickard, pastor of Friendly Avenue Baptist Church in Greensboro, N.C., will be nominated for president of the 2023 SBC Pastors’ Conference. Jordan Easley, senior pastor of the First Baptist Church of Cleveland, Tenn., announced his intention to nominated Dickard in a video shared on social media Wednesday (March 16), saying his primary reason for the nomination is that Dickard “loves the Southern Baptist Convention.” Official nominations and voting for the … [Read more...]
Voddie Baucham to be 2023 SBC Pastors’ Conference presidential nominee
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) — Voddie Baucham, dean of theology at African Christian University in Lusaka, Zambia, will be nominated for Southern Baptist Convention Pastors’ Conference president at the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim, according to a story published at the Daily Wire, a conservative news site conceived and founded by political commentators Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Boreing. The nomination was also announced in a statement posted at the Founders Ministries website. “Voddie Baucham … [Read more...]
Florida pastor Tom Ascol announces candidacy for SBC president
CAPE CORAL, Fla. (BP) – Founders Ministries President Tom Ascol announced his intention to run for SBC president Tuesday (March 22) in a story published at the Daily Wire, a conservative news site conceived and founded by political commentators Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Boreing. The nomination was also announced through a post at the Founders Ministries website. Ascol becomes the second announced candidate for the office. Florida pastor Willy Rice was announced as a candidate last month a … [Read more...]
Former missionary Robin Hadaway to be nominated for SBC president
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (BP) – Former International Mission Board missionary Wade Akins has announced he intends to nominate fellow former IMB missionary Robin Hadaway for SBC president at the upcoming 2022 SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim, Calif. Hadaway becomes the third announced candidate for the office. Florida pastors Willy Rice and Tom Ascol have already been announced as candidates. Hadaway began his ministry career pastoring churches in California and Arizona before serving with the IMB … [Read more...]
Florida pastor Willy Rice to be nominated for SBC president
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BP) – Willy Rice, pastor of Calvary Church in Clearwater, Fla., will be nominated by Clint Pressley, pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist, for the president of the Southern Baptist Convention this summer at the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim, Calif. The announcement came a day after current SBC President Ed Litton of Saraland, Ala., announced he will not seek a second term. Rice, who has pastored Calvary since 2004, was a member of the church during high school, was … [Read more...]
MBTS president to keynote National Day of Prayer event at Missouri Capitol
JEFFERSON CITY – Jason Allen, president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City will be the featured speaker for this year’s National Day of Prayer observance in the Rotunda of the State Capitol at noon on May 5. Elected Oct. 15, 2012, Allen serves as the fifth president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and is one of the youngest presidents in all of American higher education. Since coming to Midwestern Seminary, he has led the institution to become one of the … [Read more...]
In ministry to refugees, NAMB Journeyman learns importance of the gospel above all
CLARKSTON, Ga. (BP) – Carrie A. can point to the moment during her experience as a North American Mission Board (NAMB) Journeyman when she realized she was simultaneously in the middle of the Bible Belt and the 10/40 window. The 10/40 window is an area of the world between 10 degrees north latitude and 40 degrees south latitude between North Africa and East Asia where most of the world’s unreached and unengaged people groups (UUPGs) live. Carrie, who is concluding her term as a … [Read more...]
Oklahoma church meets one week after losing building, parsonage
KINGSTON, Okla. (BP) – Keith Rogers planned to celebrate his 65th birthday preaching to Texoma Southern Baptist Church on March 27. Despite a tornado that destroyed the building and his home days earlier, he was still able to do so. A fast-moving storm through this area on the Texas/Oklahoma border March 21 destroyed or heavily damaged most of the buildings on the church’s property. Built in 1972, it had added other sections over the years including a gym, education space and the … [Read more...]
Alex Sands to be nominated for SBC second vice president
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – South Carolina pastor Alex Sands will be nominated for Southern Baptist Convention second vice president at the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim, Calif., in June. Josh Powell, lead pastor of Taylors First Baptist in Taylors, S.C., told Baptist Press of his intent to nominate Sands. “Alex represents the best of who we are as Southern Baptists and I cannot commend him enough,” Powell said. “Alex is committed to his family, his church and the fulfillment of the … [Read more...]
Midwestern Seminary hosts 9Marks Conference on Conversion
KANSAS CITY (MBTS) – Midwestern Seminary partnered with 9Marks to host “a conference on conversion” on March 1-2 in Kansas City, with sessions aimed at providing a biblical understanding of conversion. Keynote speakers Jason Allen, Bobby Scott, Jonathan Leeman, Zach Schlegel, Michael Lawrence, and Jared Wilson brought messages revolving around the doctrine of conversion and its impact on life and ministry. Jason Allen, president of Midwestern Seminary, led the conference’s first … [Read more...]
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