NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The process for selecting the Executive Committee (EC) of the Southern Baptist Convention presidential search committee hasn’t always followed the pattern on display at their meeting April 17. In previous presidential searches, the EC chairman appointed the committee. In 2012, the EC adopted a bylaw that outlined a six-member search committee elected by written ballot among nominees from the floor during a special meeting. The board’s chairperson serves as an … [Read more...]
SBC’s Executive Committee begins presidential search
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Members of the Executive Committee (EC) of the Southern Baptist Convention – including four from Missouri – gathered here April 17 in a somber meeting to pray for and nominate the search committee that will select their next president. The six members of the search committee are: Stephen Swofford, pastor of First Baptist, Rockwell, Texas Joe Knott, an attorney from Raleigh, N.C. Rolland Slade, pastor of Meridian Southern Baptist, El Cajon, Calif. Stephen … [Read more...]
EC exec. VP Augie Boto named interim president
NASHVILLE (BP) -- D. August (Augie) Boto has been named interim president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee. Meeting in Nashville April 4, the EC officers acted according to EC Bylaw 6 in tapping Boto for leadership following the March 27 retirement of former EC President Frank S. Page, who cited a "personal failing" in announcing his immediate departure. The EC's five officers also granted Boto "the option to appoint an interim EC presidential ambassador during … [Read more...]
Jimmy Draper named Executive Committee ambassador
NASHVILLE (BP) -- Jimmy Draper, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention and president emeritus of LifeWay Christian Resources, has been named "EC Ambassador" by D. August Boto, interim president of the SBC Executive Committee. Draper, who has maintained an active speaking schedule since retiring from LifeWay in 2006, is "someone for whom no introduction or explanation need be given," Boto said in an April 9 announcement. "He is someone whom involved Southern Baptists all … [Read more...]
Social-media coaching available from LifeWay
NASHVILLE (BP) – LifeWay Christian Resources recently launched an online coaching service to help Christians manage social media and other digital platforms from a biblical perspective. This subscription-based service, known as LifeWay Social, is designed for churches, nonprofits and individuals who want to discover more effective ways of using social media to grow God’s kingdom. Chris Martin, author development specialist for LifeWay, sees social media as more than just a means to … [Read more...]
Congress passes online, anti-trafficking bill
WASHINGTON (BP) – Congress has given overwhelming approval to legislation designed to thwart sex trafficking by holding accountable online sites that facilitate the crime. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Mo. The Senate adopted the bill in a 97-2 vote March 21, barely three weeks after the House of Representatives had passed it Feb. 27 in a 388-25 roll call. The bill will go to President Trump, who is expected to sign it. Wagner thanked the Senate for its vote, tweeting, … [Read more...]
Executive Committee to hold called meeting
NASHVILLE (BP) -- EC Chairman Stephen Rummage has called a special meeting of the SBC Executive Committee for Tuesday, April 17, at the SBC Building in Nashville. "As you know, concerns and questions abound in regard to the sudden and grievous departure of our EC president," Rummage said in the letter to all 83 members of the Executive Committee regarding the March 27 retirement of EC President Frank S. Page. Three of the 86 positions are currently vacant. In compliance with EC bylaws … [Read more...]
MLK50 in Memphis to seek ‘repentance and unity’
MEMPHIS (BP) -- More than 3,600 registrants plan to gather in Memphis to pursue racial unity on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) and The Gospel Coalition (TGC) will co-host the event -- "MLK50: Gospel Reflections From the Mountaintop" -- at the Memphis Convention Center half a century after King's slaying on April 4, 1968, in the Tennessee city. The … [Read more...]
UPDATE: EC’s Frank Page resigns over ‘personal failing’
NASHVILLE (BP) -- Frank S. Page has resigned as president and chief executive officer of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee, effective March 27 over what is described as "a morally inappropriate relationship in the recent past." Florida pastor Stephen Rummage, chairman of the Executive Committee, released a 300-word statement Tuesday afternoon (March 27) in behalf of the EC's officers noting the circumstances of Page's resignation: "Last evening, the officers of … [Read more...]
Danny Wood to be SBC Pastors’ Conf. nominee
DALLAS (BP) -- Danny Wood, pastor of Shades Mountain Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors' Conference, according to an announcement by Texas pastor Gregg Matte. Matte, pastor of Houston's First Baptist Church, told Baptist Press today (March 7) Wood "has shined with integrity, love and wisdom" through more than 20 years at his current pastorate. "With the Pastors' Conference and Southern Baptist Convention being … [Read more...]
GuideStone trustees: 2018 a year of ‘new beginnings’
DALLAS (BP) – This year's 100th anniversary of the founding of GuideStone Financial Resources will be a time to glance to the past but remain focused on the ministry's future, GuideStone President O.S. Hawkins told trustees during their Feb. 26-27 meeting in Dallas. In addition to the annual theme, trustees elected a new board chair and vice chair and heard reports from the Southern Baptist entity's various ministry areas. Trustees also toured the location of GuideStone's new offices, to … [Read more...]
New VBS resource helps churches ‘go, tell’ worldwide
NASHVILLE (BP) – Packing for your next mission trip may have just gotten a whole lot easier. LifeWay Christian Resources has produced a new Vacation Bible School program called "Go & Tell Kids" to serve as a gospel presentation tool that's easy to transport to the mission field and works anywhere. "'Go & Tell Kids' is themeless, meaning people don't have to drag a bunch of stuff with them halfway around the world, and it's stripped of uniquely American cultural references," said … [Read more...]
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