NEW ORLEANS (BP) – On Tuesday afternoon (June 13), messengers to the 2023 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in New Orleans approved six resolutions, including ones on the legacy and responsibility of women fulfilling the Great Commission, the ethics of artificial intelligence, and the office of pastor. South Carolina Pastor David Sons, chair of the 2023 SBC Committee on Resolutions, told messengers that 23 resolutions had been properly submitted to the committee for consideration. … [Read more...]
MBC’s Yeats receives Midwestern Seminary’s Presidential Merit Award during luncheon
MBTS alumni & friends luncheon addresses global lostness, honors ministry partners NEW ORLEANS, La (MBTS) – Midwestern Seminary’s Alumni & Friends Luncheon at the SBC annual meeting featured a conversation with President Jason Allen and IMB President Paul Chitwood, presentations of the Presidential Merit Award and Alumnus of the Year, and an array of institutional updates and upcoming initiatives. Following musical worship led by The Worship Initiative, Allen welcomed guests and … [Read more...]
Stephen Rummage to lead 2024 SBC Pastors’ Conference
NEW ORLEANS (BP) — Oklahoma pastor Stephen Rummage, an author and preaching professor, was elected president of the 2024 SBC Pastors’ Conference by acclamation June 12 at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Rummage, pastor of Quail Springs Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, will lead planning of next year’s SBC Pastors’ Conference June 9-10 in Indianapolis. Rummage is a former chairman of the SBC Executive Committee and former president of the Florida Baptist Convention. … [Read more...]
Motion to amend BF&M passes, task forces approved
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Messengers voted to amend the Baptist Faith and Message 2000, the statement of faith of the Southern Baptist Convention, to clarify the role of pastor Wednesday, June 14, at the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting in New Orleans. The convention also approved the appointment of a task force to study the impact of the Great Commission Resurgence recommendations adopted in 2009 and a task force to study how the Convention should regard churches “in friendly cooperation.” BF&M … [Read more...]
Nearly 19,000 messengers and guests attend 2023 SBC Annual Meeting in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS, La. (BP) – Nearly 19,000 people attended the 2023 Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Annual Meeting in New Orleans (June 13-14), including more than 12,000 messengers. The total number of registered messengers was 12,737, while guests registered for the meeting numbered 3,799. The total number of exhibitors was 2,365, making the total number of those present at the annual meeting 18,901. These are unofficial numbers as of the close of registration at noon Wednesday (June … [Read more...]
Southern Baptists pass first approval of constitutional amendment over women pastors
NEW ORLEANS, La. (BP) — A motion to clarify Southern Baptists’ stance on women and men filling the role of pastor was passed by messengers on June 14. The motion, first brought last year by Virginia pastor Mike Law, received the required two-thirds vote by messengers. Another two-thirds vote of approval is necessary at next year’s annual meeting to proceed with the amendment to Article III of the SBC Constitution. The motion that was passed was amended from its original version, which … [Read more...]
Messengers deem Saddleback, two other churches not in friendly cooperation with SBC
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Messengers to the 2023 Southern Baptist Convention have upheld the Executive Committee’s decision that Fern Creek Baptist in Louisville, Ky., Freedom Church in Vero Beach, Fla., and Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., are not in friendly cooperation with the SBC. Registration Secretary Don Currence reported the results to messengers on Wednesday morning: Vote to sustain EC actions – Fern Creek Baptist: For – 91.85% (9,700) Against – 7.63% … [Read more...]
Midwestern Seminary hosts For The Church micro-conference at SBC annual meeting
NEW ORLEANS, La. (by Lucas Hahn/MBTS) — Midwestern Seminary hosted the annual For the Church Micro-Conference in partnership with the SEND Network during this year’s SBC annual meeting in New Orleans. The micro-conference featured musical worship led by The Worship Initiative and a conversation focused on preparing pastors and planting churches. Speakers Jason Allen, Kevin Ezell, Matt Carter, Vance Pitman, and Tony Merida addressed over 1300 attendees on topics ranging from … [Read more...]
Barber reelected SBC President
NEW ORLEANS, La. (BP) – Texas pastor Bart Barber was reelected to a second term as president of the SBC on Tuesday, June 13, at the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Out of 11,014 messenger votes, Barber received 7,531 votes (68.38 percent) while Georgia pastor Mike Stone received 3,458 (31.40) percent. There were 25 ballots disallowed. Barber was nominated by Jarrett Stephens, senior pastor of Champion Forest Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. Stone was nominated by Florida … [Read more...]
SBC Executive Committee forwards Law amendment to messengers, elects new officers
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Executive Committee members approved a recommendation at their June 11 meeting to place a motion before messengers concerning whether churches that have women pastors should be considered outside the bounds of cooperation with the Southern Baptist Convention. The motion, introduced to messengers at last year’s SBC annual meeting by Virginia pastor Mike Law, calls for an amendment to the SBC Constitution whereby a sixth identifier would be placed to Article III, … [Read more...]
Southwestern board releases ‘summary of findings’ over presidential spending
FORT WORTH (BP) – Former Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Adam Greenway “engaged in a pattern of spending that … did not reflect proper stewardship of seminary resources” and was “without deference to financial controls and seminary financial policies,” according to a statement released by the school today (June 7). The statement comes after a May 30 special called trustee meeting where officers were requested to publish a summary of expenditures “related to the … [Read more...]
Barber, Stone to be SBC presidential nominees at annual meeting, June 13-14
Bart Barber to be renominated as convention president NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Pastor Steven James of Lake Charles, La., announced, Feb. 13, his intent to re-nominate Texas pastor Bart Barber for SBC president at the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting in New Orleans this June. Barber was elected to the position for the first time at last summer’s gathering in Anaheim. James and Barber know one another well due to their time together on the board of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. “During our … [Read more...]
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