PHOENIX (BP) – Southern Baptists will learn more about the newly revised Christian Standard Bible (CSB) translation at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Phoenix June 13-14. LifeWay Christian Resources will host a free breakfast focusing on "Discipleship through the Word." LifeWay President and CEO Thom S. Rainer, Michael Kelley, director of discipleship, and Daniel Im, director of church multiplication, will address the essential role of Bible engagement in the process … [Read more...]
Minter, Warren headline wives’ events
PHOENIX (BP) – Ministers' wives attending the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Phoenix are invited to a trio of women's events, including a Pastors' Wives Conference, a Ministers' Wives Luncheon and a Women's Expo. Authors and speakers Kelly Minter of Nashville and Kay Warren of Lake Forest, Calif., will headline this year's events to be held in the North Ballroom of the Phoenix Convention Center. This year's theme is "Brave," based on Proverbs 31:25: "She is clothed with … [Read more...]
SBC Pastors’ Conference 2017 schedule released
PHOENIX (BP) – This year's Southern Baptist Convention Pastors' Conference will center on the theme "above every name" and focus on an exposition of Philippians by pastors of Southern Baptist churches with average attendance of approximately 500 or less. Pastors' Conference President Dave Miller's advice to prospective attendees is to "read and look through the book of Philippians" in advance because the meeting "is all about the text" of Scripture. Miller and his fellow officers -- … [Read more...]
Pastors’ Conference scholarships exceed projections
PHOENIX (BP) – The Southern Baptist Convention Pastors' Conference announced last month the first 30 recipients of $1,000 scholarships to attend the Pastors' Conference and SBC annual meeting this summer. "We are thrilled that we have been able to help this group of men to attend, grateful to those who have given and anticipate giving out even more in the near future," Pastors' Conference President Dave Miller told Baptist Press in written comments. "Our regret is that we will not be … [Read more...]
Brad Graves to be Pastors’ Conference nominee
PHOENIX (BP) – Brad Graves, pastor of First Baptist Church in Ada, Okla., will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors' Conference, according to an announcement by Missouri pastor Malachi O'Brien. O'Brien, SBC second vice president and pastor of prayer and church revitalization at First Baptist Church in Raytown, Mo., stated in an April 13 announcement to Baptist Press Graves "is a leader that God is using mightily." "Just recently, First Baptist Church … [Read more...]
IMB to continue limitless challenge
PHOENIX (BP) – During the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in Phoenix, International Mission Board personnel will share how Southern Baptists can be a part of making disciples of all nations as God's ordinary people empowered by His limitless power to fulfill Christ's Great Commission. The SBC annual meeting June 13-14 also will feature a "Sending Celebration" as the IMB celebrates missionaries, along with their church families. Together they are answering God's call to … [Read more...]
After 20 years in SBC post, Yeats to be renominated
PHOENIX (BP) – John L. Yeats, first elected as the Southern Baptist Convention’s recording secretary in 1997, will be re-nominated for the post during the SBC’s June 13-14 annual meeting in Phoenix. Yeats, executive director of the Missouri Baptist Convention, was serving as editor of the Indiana Baptist convention newsjournal when first elected as SBC recording secretary 20 years ago during the 1997 annual meeting in Dallas. Spencer Plumlee, pastor of Riverview Baptist Church in … [Read more...]
Pastors’ Conference to spotlight Philippians: Two Mo. Baptists among preachers
PHOENIX (BP) – Southern Baptist Pastors' Conference president Dave Miller doesn't expect attendees of this year's sessions to recognize the names of all 12 conference preachers. But that's OK, he said, because the preachers' names aren't the focus. With the theme "above every name," the June 11-12 gathering is centered on 12 pastors of average-sized Southern Baptist churches preaching through the biblical book of Philippians to exalt Jesus' name. Two Missouri Baptists are among these … [Read more...]
MBTS’ Duesing appointed to Resolutions Committee
PHOENIX (BP) – Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines has named the members of the Committee on Resolutions for the June 13-14 SBC annual meeting in Phoenix. One Missourian was named to the committee: Jason Duesing, provost and associate professor of historical theology, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City; member, Antioch Bible Baptist Church, Gladstone. Barrett Duke of Montana was named chairman of the SBC Committee on Resolutions by SBC President Steve … [Read more...]
‘Pray! For such a time as this’
PHOENIX (BP) – As this year's Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting approaches, SBC President Steve Gaines says fellow Baptists should anticipate emphases on prayer, evangelism and financial stewardship at the June 13-14 gathering in Phoenix, where the 2003 and 2011 annual meetings also were held. This year's annual meeting theme is "Pray! For such a time as this" based on Luke 18:1 and Esther 4:14. Gaines hopes that through a commitment "to fervent, frequent, faith-filled prayer," … [Read more...]
Volunteers needed for Crossover
PHOENIX (BP) – The goal of this year’s Crossover is to “Engage Phoenix with the Gospel” through a partnership with Harvest America. North American Mission Board and Arizona Southern Baptist Convention leaders are praying for more than 5,000 salvation decisions through this summer’s Crossover activities prior to the 2017 SBC annual meeting in Phoenix. But for that to happen, they need the help of Southern Baptists to come and serve as volunteers, according to Eddy Pearson, evangelism … [Read more...]
‘Insanity of God’ film shows faith amid despair
ST. LOUIS (BP) – Nik Ripken almost abandoned hope when he first arrived in Somalia 25 years ago. Ripken, then a young International Mission Board (IMB) missionary, had caught a ride with the Red Cross in a small plane carrying relief supplies across the border between Kenya and its war-ravaged neighbor. What he saw shook him to the core. He met parents who asked for burial cloths for the children they'd lost rather than food and water for themselves and saw soldiers passing out narcotics … [Read more...]
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