EDITOR’S NOTE: Mission:Dignity Sunday is June 26 in the Southern Baptist Convention in support of GuideStone Financial Resources’ benevolence ministry for retired pastors or their widows. TOCCOA, Ga. (BP) -- After 45 years of ministry, Reginald and Claudia Pressley retired much the way they began -- serving small churches in the Southeast. They were there for births, baptisms, weddings and funerals as they marked the milestones and the passage of time in the lives of their members. And … [Read more...]
See you in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (BP) – When Southern Baptists depart St. Louis after their annual meeting in June, says SBC president Ronnie Floyd, he will be praying they do so with a “deep burden for our nation, a new commitment to racial unity and an extraordinary commitment to evangelize America.” This year’s meeting will be held here at the America’s Center Convention Complex in 701 Convention Plaza street, downtown here. With the theme of this year’s June 14-15 gathering being “Awaken America: Reach the … [Read more...]
NAMB to launch Send Relief opportunities
ST. LOUIS (BP) – Southern Baptists attending this year’s SBC annual meeting in St. Louis will learn how their churches can engage local communities with the Gospel by partnering with the North American Mission Board’s new Send Relief initiative. NAMB will officially launch Send Relief during the Send Luncheon held at noon on June 13 at The Dome at America’s Center, former home of the St. Louis Rams. Luncheon attendees will hear stories of how churches throughout North America are meeting … [Read more...]
Seminaries to greet alumni, friends at SBC in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (BP) – Alumni and friends of Southern Baptists’ six seminaries will gather, June 15, in St. Louis to hear updates from the campuses and renew friendships with classmates and seminary faculty and staff. The noontime luncheons will be held in conjunction with the June 14-15 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in America’s Center in St. Louis. Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s luncheon will be highlighted by an update from the Kansas City campus by President … [Read more...]
IMB to feature ‘Limitless opportunities’
ST. LOUIS (BP) – Southern Baptists will learn more about how the International Mission Board partners with churches to overcome barriers and cross bridges together to effectively send missionaries to difficult-to-access places and global cities during the Southern Baptist Convention’s June 14-15 annual meeting in St. Louis. The SBC annual meeting also will feature a joint “Sending Celebration” as the IMB and North American Mission Board celebrate overseas missionaries and North American … [Read more...]
ERLC to unveil ‘Gospel for Life’ books during SBC
ST. LOUIS (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission will unveil the first three volumes in its new “Gospel for Life” book series during the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention June 14-15 in St. Louis. Among its other initiatives at the SBC meeting, the ERLC will join with the 9Marks ministry for the second consecutive year to cosponsor a conversation on church and culture. The first three volumes in the nine-book “Gospel for Life” series --produced in partnership … [Read more...]
Comedian Anita Renfroe slated for women’s events at SBC
Article by Shannon Baker, Director of Communications for the Mid-Atlantic Baptist Network in Columbia, Md. ST. LOUIS (BP) – Anita Renfroe, a popular Christian comedian and communicator, will be the keynote speaker for two of three events for ministers' wives attending the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in St. Louis. The trio of women's events, based on the theme, "Be Encouraged," will include a Pastors' Wives Conference, a Ministers' Wives Luncheon and a Women's … [Read more...]
Pastors’ Conference to spotlight evangelism
ST. LOUIS (BP) – Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference president John Meador didn’t choose the “Live This!” theme of this year’s sessions in St. Louis. He said it was burned on his heart several years ago as God convinced him through study of 2 Timothy 4:5-6 that he had not been leading his church in evangelism and that he -- along with fellow pastors -- needed to heed Scripture’s call to “do the work of an evangelist.” Naturally, when he was elected Pastors’ Conference president, that … [Read more...]
Cooperative Program 6.45% ahead of budget
NASHVILLE (BP) – Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist Convention national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are 6.45 percent above the year-to-date budgeted projection, and 4.15 percent above contributions received during the same time frame last year, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President and Chief Executive Officer Frank S. Page. The total includes receipts from state conventions and fellowships, … [Read more...]
Wellness Center to be offered by Guidestone
ST. LOUIS (BP) – GuideStone Financial Resources will once again offer its Wellness Center during the Pastors’ Conference and the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting, June 13–15 in St. Louis. Messengers can visit the exhibit hall during operating hours to take advantage of the Wellness Center’s free services, valued at up to $150. Additionally, GuideStone employees will be on hand to answer participants’ retirement, investment and insurance questions. Three different seminars will … [Read more...]
Bivocational pastors ‘not alone,’ Page says
HANNIBAL (BP) – "Bivocational pastors are my heroes" said Frank S. Page, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee, as he addressed the annual session of the Bivocational and Small Church Leadership Network, May 13-14, at Hannibal-LaGrange University. "You are not alone," Page told the 55 pastors and wives gathered at the auditorium of the university in Hannibal, repeating a message he often shares as he speaks around the nation. But one day a bivocational … [Read more...]
LifeWay’s Ed Stetzer to join Wheaton College faculty
WHEATON, Ill. (BP) – Ed Stetzer, executive director of LifeWay Research and executive editor of The Gospel Project curriculum published by LifeWay, has been named to the faculty of Wheaton College and as executive director of Wheaton's Billy Graham Center for Evangelism. Stetzer, 49, will begin his new roles at Wheaton July 1, which also will include publisher of Evangelical Missions Quarterly, founded nearly 50 years ago, and chair of the Wheaton College Graduate School's evangelism and … [Read more...]
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