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NC’s Allen Murray to be nominated for SBC 2nd vice president

J. Allen Murray, pastor of Mount Pisgah Baptist Church in Supply, N.C., and current president of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, will be nominated for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) at this summer’s annual meeting in Florida.
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Kentucky pastor Austin Rouse to be nominated for SBC 2nd VP

Kentucky pastor Austin Rouse will be nominated for second vice president at the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando. Rouse is the pastor of families and students at Southern Heights Baptist in Russellville, Ky.
Missouri

Missouri’s Don Currence to be nominated again as Registration Secretary

Jay Adkins, pastor of First Baptist Church in Westwego, La., has announced his intention to nominate Don Currence at the upcoming Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting to serve another term as SBC registration secretary.
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Pressley names 2026 Registration Committee

SBC President Clint Pressley announced May 4, that John Pendelton will chair the Registration Committee for the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando in June. Pendleton, pastor of Bardstown Baptist Church in Bardstown, Kentucky, was a member of the committee in 2025.
Missouri

Missouri Baptists foster special needs ministries, as SBC task force prepares report for this summer

A task force appointed by Southern Baptist messengers last year is prepared to give a report at this summer’s annual meeting in Orlando, urging more special needs ministries be established.  They are trying to identify ways SBC entities and state conventions can assist churches to reach more people with disabilities.
National

2026 Committee on Nominations Report released

The SBC Committee on Nominations has released its 2026 report in advance of the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting to be held June 9-10. Per SBC bylaws, the report is to be released through Baptist Press no later than 45 days prior to the gathering.
National

Lifeway trustees elect Ryan Blackwell as president and CEO

Lifeway Christian Resources trustees unanimously elected Dr. Ryan Blackwell as the organization’s 11th president and CEO during a special-called meeting April 22 in Nashville.
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Pace receives unanimous vote to be Southeastern president

Trustees of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary voted unanimously today (April 21) to install Scott Pace as the entity’s seventh president. He will officially succeed Daniel Akin on July 31.
National

Mohler calls for end to ‘confusion’ around pastoral role

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler called April 16 for a strong statement from Southern Baptists on the role of pastor and its limitation to men.
National

Craig Carlisle to be nominated for SBC 1st vice president

Alabama’s Craig Carlisle will be nominated for first vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention in June when messengers meet in Orlando.

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