by Tony Hudson/NAMB ALPHARETTA, Ga. (NAMB) – There's no way they could've known what was coming. When Jefferson and Carol Hernandez, Josh and Beth Glymph, Matt and Ruth Lahey, and Michael and Traci Byrd each got phone calls telling them they'd been selected to be Annie Armstrong featured missionaries, they were all appropriately humbled, honored, excited, and encouraged. But now, years later—now that they've experienced every unexpectedly amazing thing that happened because of the Week … [Read more...]
South Carolina AMS Travis Kerns to be nominated for SBC recording secretary
LOUISVILLE (BP) – Southern Baptist Theological Seminary professor Denny Burk has announced plans to nominate Travis Kerns, a South Carolina associational mission strategist, for SBC Recording Secretary at the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting. “Travis’ devoted service at various levels of Southern Baptist life is extraordinary,” Burk told Baptist Press. “Not only has he pastored a Southern Baptist congregation, but he has also served with distinction at several SBC entities.” Burk said he has … [Read more...]
Texas pastor George Schroeder to be nominated for SBC Recording Secretary
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (BP) – Florida pastor Dean Inserra has announced his intention to nominate Texas pastor George Schroeder as SBC Recording Secretary at the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting. Schroeder serves as lead pastor at First Baptist Church in Fairfield, Texas. “George Schroeder has been a friend since before he left a prominent career in sports journalism to follow the call upon his life to enter into full-time ministry,” Inserra told Baptist Press. Schroeder was a longtime and … [Read more...]
WRAP-UP: EC members prioritize CP, disability ministry
NASHVILLE (BP) – In a meeting that was at once routine and consequential, the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee adopted a realigned CP allocation budget, affirmed the need for ministry to those with disabilities, discontinued fellowship with two churches and dealt with messenger motions referred to it from the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting. Members met Feb. 16-17 at the BNA Hilton adjacent to the Nashville airport. Budget proposes 51% for IMB SBC Executive Committee members … [Read more...]
New SBC disability ministry emphasis would mobilize entities, conventions, churches, WMU
NASHVILLE (BP) – A new ministry emphasis to the disabled would mobilize entities, state conventions and the Woman’s Missionary Union in evangelizing those with special needs everywhere Southern Baptists share the Gospel. The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee voted Feb. 17 to ask messengers to the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando to approve the ministry emphasis, as proposed by a specially commissioned Disability Ministry Task Force. Task force leader Tom Stolle, … [Read more...]
Proposed CP allocation budget moves IMB to 51 percent
NASHVILLE (BP) – SBC Executive Committee members voted today (Feb. 17) to approve a 2026-27 Cooperative Program allocation budget that places 51 percent of those gifts with the International Mission Board, a recommendation first approved in 2010 with the implementation of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force. Since 2014, the IMB’s allocation has held steady at 50.41 percent. That was the third year of incremental decreases in the Executive Committee’s allocation to fulfill the … [Read more...]
For CP, ‘the sky is not falling,’ pastor survey finds
NASHVILLE (BP) – Southern Baptist pastors enthusiastically support the Cooperative Program (CP), according to a survey released Feb. 16 at the SBC Executive Committee’s meeting in Nashville. But they also see opportunity for better CP vision casting to rising generations. Ninety-one percent of pastors either agree or strongly agree that CP “helps churches accomplish more together than they could alone.” More than 87 percent agree or strongly agree that their church views CP “as a … [Read more...]
Pressley: Southern Baptist relationships aren’t always easy, but worth it
NASHVILLE (BP) – Life as a Southern Baptist includes working among others for a goal, SBC President Clint Pressley told Executive Committee trustees and guests. And even when getting there can seem more like a meandering line than a straight one, it still brings reasons to celebrate. “We’re strong in the Southern Baptist Convention,” he said Monday night, Feb. 16 at the BNA Hilton adjacent to the Nashville airport. “We’re not perfect. We don’t overlook problems. But it’s OK to say we’re … [Read more...]
SBC Executive Committee to meet ministry assignments despite budget cuts, Iorg says
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee will work to fulfill its ministry assignments despite budget challenges in the coming year, EC President and CEO Jeff Iorg told the body Feb. 16 during its meeting in Nashville. Paramount are the absence of a one-time $3 million priority allocation that helped the EC meet legal costs in 2025-2026, and an anticipated cut to the EC budget that will enable an increase in International Mission Board funding from 50.41 … [Read more...]
Missouri DR continues to help Hurricane Helene survivors
NORTH CAROLINA (MODR) – It’s been nearly a year and a half since Hurricane Helene ripped John and Lisa Grinstead’s home from its foundation and carried it down the flooded Cane River. Today, a totally new home built in the same location by hundreds of Baptist volunteers is within days of being ready to move into. According to Mike Hibbard, who, with the help of his wife, Brenda, has served as liaison for the project, the project has been ongoing since August 18, 2025. Designed as partial … [Read more...]
Parkison to join MBTS faculty
by Jonathan Lumley/MBTS KANSAS CITY, Mo. (MBTS) – Midwestern Seminary celebrates the addition of Samuel G. Parkison to full-time faculty as assistant professor of systematic theology, church history, and philosophy. He will begin teaching courses in the fall of 2026. Parkison brings with him a deep commitment to rigorous scholarship, a passion for the global Church, and a heart for forming students who are prepared to serve Christ faithfully in ministry and mission. “One of the … [Read more...]
ERLC trustees release commitment statement, shorten president list
NASHVILLE (BP) – A recently-released list of commitments by trustees of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission to Southern Baptists was drafted over the last month, chairman Scott Foshie told Baptist Press, but marks the latest step in a longer process. Those commitments were approved at a special-called trustee meeting Jan. 30 and published yesterday. There are three, with the first two aimed at rebuilding trust through engagement and relationships and the third for “representing … [Read more...]