EDITOR'S NOTE: The Week of Prayer for Baptist Associations is Oct. 20-26. Downloadable resources provided through a partnership with the Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Leaders and the North American Mission Board are available at ameresources.org/week-of-prayer-2019. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (BP) – Associational leader is the most fulfilling role that Sean McMahon has held in nearly 40 years of ministry. "I absolutely love my job. I love what I have the opportunity to do," said … [Read more...]
Pathway Exclusive: Greear talks abuse prevention, 1979 SBC election
BRANSON – Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear will be a guest speaker at the Missouri Baptist Convention’s annual meeting here, Oct. 29. Earlier this month, The Pathway asked him some questions about politics, preventing abuse in churches, and the legacy of the SBC’s Conservative Resurgence after 40 years. Recently, you delivered a prayer in the U.S. House of Representatives. Why did you feel like this was important to do? “I was humbled and honored to be invited to the … [Read more...]
Seven years, seven leadership lessons as Midwestern seminary president
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) – For me, this week marks seven completed years as president of Midwestern Seminary and Spurgeon College. Annually, this season prompts personal and institutional reflection and thanksgiving. This year, it's been doubly so. At the personal level, I'm astonished how quickly the years have passed. We arrived in Kansas City with five children, ages 9-4, in tow. Now those same children are 16-11. For the Allen family, Kansas City has become our home, and the seminary our … [Read more...]
COOPERATIVE PROGRAM: An ‘invisible army’
ONTARIO, Calif. (BP) – While preaching in a southern state recently, the invisible yet tangible support Southern Baptists give their entities revealed itself in a meaningful way. After my message, an older gentleman came up to talk with me. He said, "It was good to hear about Gateway. We have always prayed for our seminaries. I've never met anyone from there. I'm glad to meet you and hear how God has blessed the school by our support." The genius of the Cooperative Program is it … [Read more...]
‘Rise up,’ Floyd urges churches at inauguration
NASHVILLE (BP) – At more than 47,000 churches strong, Southern Baptists can have a massive spiritual footprint -- they just have to harness the power of prayer and their resources for the sake of the Gospel, Ronnie Floyd said. "God has blessed us greatly," said the new president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee. "We must rise up." Floyd sounded that clarion call Sept. 16 at the end of his inauguration service. He told the crowd of several hundred Southern … [Read more...]
Mandrell, LifeWay trustees celebrate ‘new day’
NASHVILLE (BP) – In his first trustee meeting as president and CEO, Ben Mandrell gave board members an optimistic vision for the future of LifeWay Christian Resources. He described the current season as "a new day" for both himself and the 128-year-old organization, during LifeWay's Aug. 26-27 trustee meeting. Mandrell announced several strategic areas on which he would focus during his first 90-days. Among his top priorities are re-energizing employees and building strong relationships … [Read more...]
IMB’s Chitwood: ‘Your state convention helps churches reach your state, our world for Christ’
EDITOR'S NOTE: Paul Chitwood serves as president of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board. To learn about the Missouri Baptist Convention's state missions offering, visit https://mobaptist.org/mmo/. To learn about the Cooperative Program, visit https://mobaptist.org/cp. My first international mission trip took place on a farm in central Kentucky. As a new pastor in the community, I found myself interacting often with migrant workers from Central and South … [Read more...]
Church models low-cost, replicable homeless ministry
EL CAJON, Calif. (BP) – Any church can do this, pastor Rolland Slade told Baptist Press. On a vacant lot at Slade's senior pastorate Meridian Baptist Church in El Cajon, Calif., a tiny cabin is being built as an emergency, secure shelter for homeless women and children. "All that we were doing before was growing tumbleweeds," Slade told BP Aug. 7, regarding the land. "Where now, if we're able to build this little village of emergency sleeping cabins, we're able to minister to people. … [Read more...]
‘Letters to My Students,’ a guide for ministers from MBTS’s Jason Allen
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) – Through the years, Jason Allen has kept up with his correspondence and questions about ministry – some of it in the form of letters, emails, classroom lectures, phone conversations, or conference sermons and presentations. This material helped fuel a new book project, "Letters to My Students," authored by Allen, president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. B&H Publishing released the book July 30. Allen noted his interest in and interactions with … [Read more...]
GuideStone trustees affirm 20/20 & SBC response
SAN FRANCISCO (BP) – GuideStone Financial Resources trustees heard reports from the Southern Baptist entity's executive leadership team and staff about the ministry's key lines of business during their July 29–30 meeting in San Francisco. Trustees also adopted a response to a motion during the SBC annual meeting in June for convention entities to "provide an update related to their efforts to address abuse" for the 2020 SBC annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. President O.S. Hawkins, in his … [Read more...]
So. Baptists respond to ‘horrific’ acts of violence
EL PASO, Texas (BP) – As two mass shootings over the weekend brought the total to three such tragedies in just over a week, Baptists prayed, met needs and called for an urgent look at how white supremacy can "fuel" violence. The shootings – all committed by young men – took the lives of 34 people across three cities. In El Paso, Texas, a 21-year-old man is in custody after a shooting in a Walmart left 22 people dead and 26 others injured on Saturday (Aug. 3). Then early Sunday morning … [Read more...]
SBC Credentials Committee elects Stacy Bramlett as chair
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Credentials Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention held its initial meeting July 22 by video conferencing, electing Stacey Bramlett of Tennessee as its chair. The nine-member Credentials Committee was repurposed during the SBC's 2019 annual meeting into a standing committee to make inquiries and recommendations for action regarding instances of sexual abuse, racism or other issues that call a church's relationship with the SBC into … [Read more...]
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