ST. LOUIS – Missouri pastors and wives benefitted from respective conferences at the SBC annual meeting June 12-13. Jonathan Wallenbach and Bryce Kristoffereson were among first-time national annual meeting attendees. “We run 35 people in our church. It was economical for me to come to St. Louis,” Wallenbach, the pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist in Deep Water, said. “For me, I get fed as a pastor’s conference just like at the MBC annual meeting. We need to get back to the business of what … [Read more...]
Pastors favor patriotism for July Fourth services
Article by Carol Pipes NASHVILLE – Americans who attend a Protestant worship service the week of July Fourth are likely to get a good dose of God and country. Six in 10 Protestant pastors (61 percent) say it's important for Fourth of July worship services to incorporate patriotic elements to celebrate America, according to a survey by LifeWay Research. And while they plan to celebrate the birth of the nation, more than half (53 percent) agree their congregation sometimes seems to love … [Read more...]
Missourians share why they attended the SBC annual meeting
ST. LOUIS – Several messengers to the SBC Annual Meeting shared they value the cooperation and joint missional efforts highlighted at the annual convention of Southern Baptists held every June. Kyle Bridgeman, associate pastor of First Baptist Church Maysville, said: “I attend the SBC and state convention because I believe it is an opportunity to be a part of deciding how Baptists can reach our world for Christ. The primary reason for pastors to attend is to be strengthened by fellowship … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptists at SBC express support for Cooperative Program
ST. LOUIS – The work of the Cooperative Program was all around the Southern Baptist Convention held in St. Louis. The Cooperative Program, launched in 1925, is the unified plan in which Southern Baptist churches give a percentage of their undesignated receipts in support of state conventions and the national Southern Baptist Convention missions and ministries. Ronnie Floyd, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, announced that giving to the Cooperative Program after the first eight … [Read more...]
WMU highlights missional discipleship
ST. LOUIS (BP) – Wanda S. Lee, executive director of national WMU, thanked Southern Baptists for partnering through missions education to equip the next generation of missionaries, an endeavor she described as more critical than ever before in an increasingly postmodern world. Lee noted to messengers June 15 at the SBC annual meeting: “It is our desire to partner with every Southern Baptist church in discipling preschoolers, children, youth and adults by engaging them in meaningful … [Read more...]
SWBTS releases online Patterson Conservative Resurgence archive
by Katie Coleman & Alex Sibley FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) – A new digital archive, “The Paige Patterson SBC Conservative Resurgence Collection,” provides insight into the role of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s president in Southern Baptists’ return to their biblical heritage. Materials in the archive at the seminary’s library include letters, pamphlets and audio recordings of conference presentations and debates significant to this period of Southern Baptist … [Read more...]
Mosque-building satirical rumor exposed as lie
NASHVILLE (BP) – A rumor promulgated by satirical news-like websites and blogs that the Southern Baptist Convention and at least one cooperating state convention are building Islamic mosques is being exposed as a lie. The self-proclaimed "Christian apocalyptic … news satire and parody site" The End Times wrote perhaps the first posting of the false report as early as May 28 when it claimed the SBC had launched a "Mosques Across America" campaign "to build mosques all across the nation in … [Read more...]
Steve Gaines elected SBC president after J.D. Greear withdraws
By Barbara Denman ST. LOUIS (BP) – Tennessee pastor Steve Gaines was elected by acclamation as Southern Baptist Convention president after fellow candidate J.D. Greear withdrew his candidacy June 15 in a display of unity. Greear's withdrawal followed a runoff vote that didn't produce a majority winner on Tuesday (June 14). His decision avoided a second runoff and left Gaines elected by acclamation as president of the SBC during the annual meeting in St. Louis. Greear told the … [Read more...]
Scott McConnell to lead LifeWay Research
NASHVILLE (BP) – Scott McConnell has been named executive director of LifeWay Research, a Nashville-based evangelical firm specializing in surveys about faith in culture and matters affecting the church. McConnell, 45, succeeds Ed Stetzer, who will join Wheaton College's faculty July 1 as The Billy Graham Distinguished Endowed Chair for Church, Mission, and Evangelism in addition to serving as executive director of the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism at the Chicago-area … [Read more...]
SBC repudiates display of Confederate flag
ST. LOUIS (BP) – Messengers to the 2016 Southern Baptist Convention renounced display of the Confederate battle flag in a historic, overwhelming vote June 14. The convention adopted late in its afternoon session a resolution that urged "brothers and sisters in Christ to discontinue the display of the Confederate battle flag as a sign of solidarity of the whole body of Christ, including our African American brothers and sisters." The resolution was one of seven adopted by messengers, … [Read more...]
Crossover St. Louis sees increase in faith decisions
ST. LOUIS (BP) -- Southern Baptist volunteers took advantage of the preparations made in advance of Crossover St. Louis and saw those efforts result in 556 St. Louis residents placing their faith in Christ for salvation. As the host city for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, the St. Louis Baptist Association and executive director Jim Breeden helped create environments where people were receptive to Gospel conversations. The number of salvation decisions during … [Read more...]
ERLC’s Moore defends religious freedom for Muslims
ST. LOUIS (BP) – Russell Moore offered a ringing defense of religious freedom for all, including Muslims, during the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission's report Wednesday (June 15) to the 2016 Southern Baptist Convention. When questioned by a messenger how a Southern Baptist could defend the right of Muslims to build mosques, the ERLC's president said it was not a difficult decision. "What it means to be a Baptist is to support soul freedom for everybody," Moore … [Read more...]
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