The Southern Baptist Convention announced Tuesday that its Annual Meeting has been canceled due to the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic.
Southern Baptist Convention Cancels Annual Meeting Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
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George Liele, Former Slave Turned Baptist Missionary to Jamaica, Honored With a Day on SBC Calendar
A former slave who later became a pioneering Baptist missionary to Jamaica has been honored with a day on the Southern Baptist Convention calendar.
Pastor Jack Graham Says He is ‘Very Angry’ That ‘Racism Raised Its Very Ungodly Head’ During First Baptist Church Naples’ Vote for Marcus Hayes Whom He Mentored as Rev. Dwight McKissic Calls Outcome ‘Shameful’ and Suggests Church Should be Disfellowshipped from Southern Baptist Convention
A prominent Southern Baptist church in southwest Florida has acknowledged that “racial prejudice” was a factor in its congregation’s decision not to appoint a black senior pastor candidate.
Bibles Are Exempted From Trump Administration’s Tariffs on China
The Good Book got good news from the Trump administration today: America’s Bibles—most of which are printed in China and imported to the United States—are now exempt from the burgeoning trade war between the two nations.
Norine Brunson Expresses Gratitude for Prayer After Imprisonment in Turkey
Before recounting her experience in Turkey where she and her husband, pastor Andrew Brunson, were imprisoned, Norine Brunson expressed gratitude.
Family Grows Filipino Ministry in Northwest US
Editor’s Note: The Northwest Baptist Historical Society recently recognized the late Lemuel Onggao, a longtime pastor and church planting missionary in the Northwest, as a recipient of its 2018 Heritage Award. Onggao died in June 2018. Following is the society’s summary of his life and […]
JD Greear Announces That ‘Gospel Above All’ Will Be the 2019 SBC Annual Meeting Theme
The supremacy of the Gospel will motivate Southern Baptist Convention President J. D. Greear as he leads Baptists to evangelize, plant churches, and mobilize college students for the Kingdom, he said in announcing his theme for the 2019 SBC annual meeting.
Texas Pastor Submits Proposal to Southern Baptists to Denounce ‘Evil’ Social Justice Ideology
Warning against the “evil” and “anti-biblical” stance of social justice activism, Pastor Grady Arnold of Calvary Baptist Church in Cuero, Texas, has submitted a proposal to the Southern Baptist Convention’s resolutions committee calling on the denomination to denounce the movement at their annual meeting, scheduled […]
Ahead of Harvest America 2018 Evangelistic Event, Pastor Greg Laurie says No One Can Take Up Billy Graham’s Mantle
Pastor Greg Laurie of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Irvine and Riverside, California, has said that no one can take over the mantle of the late evangelist Billy Graham, even as Harvest America 2018 seeks to become the largest one-day evangelistic event in U.S. history in […]
Atlanta Megachurch Pastor Charles Stanley Names Successor but Will Remain Senior Pastor Until his Death; Congregation Approves Succession Plan
Prominent Atlanta Pastor Charles F. Stanley on Sunday recommended a pastoral succession plan to the congregation of First Baptist Church Atlanta.
A Young Black Millennial Gives His Perspective on the Southern Baptist Convention of 2017
This year I attended the Southern Baptist Convention in Phoenix, AZ. As a new church planter, I thought it would be a good introduction to the life of the SBC, meet new friends, and expand Grace Alive’s network for planting multiethnic church plants across the […]
Greg Laurie’s California Megachurch, Harvest Christian Fellowship, Joins Southern Baptist Convention
Amid shared hopes for revival, Harvest Christian Fellowship goes denominational.
