ST. LOUIS – Two Missourians will be on the ballot and a Missourian is nominating a third candidate when messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Annual Meeting vote for 2nd vice president of the nation’s largest protestant denomination June 14. Malachi O’Brien, a pastor from the Kansas City area, Jeff Brown, dean of students of Hannibal-LaGrange University, and Indiana pastor Jose Burgos will all be nominated. O’Brien splits his time between two churches. He has been pastor of … [Read more...]
SBC exhibits: missions, ministry, elections
ST LOUIS (BP) – Interviews with the three Southern Baptist Convention presidential candidates and the launch of a new missions blog spot will highlight the Cooperative Program booth in conjunction with the 2016 SBC annual meeting June 14-15 in St. Louis. The offerings will be included in three days of dialogue and celebration of the Gospel advancement the Cooperative Program affords among Southern Baptists, said Ashley Clayton, SBC Executive Committee vice president for Cooperative Program … [Read more...]
Missouri pastor Malachi O’Brien to be 2nd VP nominee
ST. LOUIS (BP) – Missouri pastor Malachi O'Brien will be nominated for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Oklahoma pastor Brad Graves announced May 31. O'Brien has been pastor of The Church at Pleasant Ridge in Kansas City-area Harrisonville since 2011 and associate pastor of prayer and church revitalization at nearby First Baptist Church in Raytown, Mo., since 2014. He is immediate past president of the Missouri Baptist Convention Pastors' Conference and has … [Read more...]
FBC Ferguson’s Joe Costephens speaks on Crossover 2016
In spite of all the negative realities of now famous Ferguson, Joe Costephens – now Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Ferguson – sees the crisis resulting in wide-open opportunities to spread the good news of Jesus! Hear him talk about it in his own words in this exciting interview with Harold Hendrick. … [Read more...]
Crossover efforts aimed at Hispanic communities in St. Louis in June
ST. LOUIS (BP) – Already a hub of ethnic outreach, Tower Grove Baptist Church in central St. Louis will extend the Gospel to a nearby Hispanic community during Crossover. Tower Grove Baptist Church A yearly evangelistic outreach, Crossover precedes the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in the host city. It will peak on Saturday, June 12, as local Baptists and volunteers from across the country conduct block parties and other community events throughout the metro St. Louis … [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...]