Stories tagged with: 2008 sbc annual meeting preview

• Travel to SBC includes tour options

  by Staff, posted Friday, May 30, 2008 (16 years ago)

  INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--The Indianapolis Zoo and other notable sites around Indianapolis will be featured on tours offered to messengers and their families in conjunction with the June 10-11 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention.

  The tours, by Lew White Tours, will be offered Wednesday, June 11, from noon to 5 p.m. In addition to the zoo and its neighboring botanical gardens, featured sites will include the headquarters of Gospel music legends Bill and Gloria Gaither and the Indianap... Read More

• Wiley Drake to be SBC president nominee

  by Staff, posted Thursday, May 22, 2008 (16 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Wiley Drake, pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park, Calif., will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention during the SBC's June 10-11 annual meeting in Indianapolis, Bob Bosworth, the congregation's music minister, confirmed May 20. Read More

• Ky. pastor Bill Henard is 1st VP nominee

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008 (16 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Bill Henard, senior pastor of Porter Memorial Baptist Church in Lexington, Ky., will be nominated for first vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention, a fellow Kentucky pastor announced May 19.

  Kevin Ezell, senior pastor of Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, said he will nominate Henard for the post during the SBC's June 10-11 meeting in Indianapolis.

  Henard has served the Lexington congregation since 1999. Prior to that he was pastor of churches in B... Read More

• Indy's John Newland is 2nd VP nominee

  by Staff, posted Thursday, May 15, 2008 (16 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--John Newland, senior pastor of Fall Creek Baptist Church in Indianapolis, will be nominated for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention, John Rogers of Indianapolis announced May 14. Read More

• Les Puryear to be SBC president nominee

  by Staff, posted Monday, May 12, 2008 (16 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Les Puryear, senior pastor of Lewisville (N.C.) Baptist Church, will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention during the SBC's June 10-11 annual meeting in Indianapolis, Dwight McKissic, senior pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, announced May 12. Read More

• Johnny Hunt to be SBC president nominee

  by J. Gerald Harris, posted Tuesday, May 06, 2008 (16 years ago)

  WOODSTOCK, Ga. (BP)--Johnny M. Hunt, pastor of First Baptist Church of Woodstock, Ga., will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention during the SBC's June 10-11 annual meeting in Indianapolis, Ted Traylor, pastor of Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola, Fla., announced May 6.

  Hunt is among four announced nominees for the post, joining Frank Cox, pastor of North Metro Baptist Church, Lawrenceville, Ga.; William L. (Bill) Wagner, a former Southern Baptist missionary and semi... Read More

• Avery Willis to be SBC president nominee

  by Staff, posted Tuesday, May 06, 2008 (16 years ago)

  SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (BP)--Former missionary Avery Willis will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention during the SBC's June 10-11 annual meeting in Indianapolis, John Marshall, senior pastor of Second Baptist Church in Springfield, Mo., announced May 6.

  Willis is among four announced nominees for the post, joining Frank Cox, pastor of North Metro Baptist Church in Lawrenceville, Ga.; Johnny Hunt, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Ga.; and William L. (Bil... Read More

• Ga. pastor John Connell is 1st VP nominee

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 (16 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--John Connell, senior pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Savannah, Ga., will be nominated for first vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention, a Texas pastor announced April 29. Read More

• Evangelist Brian Fossett to be VP nominee

  by Staff, posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008 (16 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Brian Fossett, a vocational evangelist from Dalton, Ga., will be nominated for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention, a pastor in Snellville, Ga., announced April 28. Read More

• INDY: Fulfilling the Mission

  by Mark Kelly, posted Friday, April 25, 2008 (16 years ago)

  INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Fulfilling the mission Christ gave His followers -- bringing lost souls into God's Kingdom -- will be the focus of the 151st session of the Southern Baptist Convention when it convenes June 10-11 at the Indiana Convention Center.

        The meeting will extend a theme of spiritual awakening that has characterized the tenure of Frank Page as SBC president, pressing on to the evangelistic outreach that flows naturally from renewal.

        For a complete schedule of events, go here.

  

        "The motivation and power for evangelism arises out of spiritual awakening," said Page, who is completing his second term as SBC president. "I keep going back to Acts 1:8, which says, 'When the Holy Spirit comes, you shall receive power.' And when we have been stirred by God's spirit, we reach out to the lost and God draws people to Himself."

        That's why Page said he selected Acts 2:47b as the watchword for the gathering: "And every day the Lord added to them those who were being saved" (HCSB).

        "The recent report of a decline in baptisms and membership in the Southern Baptist Convention re-emphasizes that for too long we have been attempting to raise baptisms among non-revived people in non-revived churches," Page said. "The lack of connection with lost people and the lack of urgency for soul-winning and personal evangelism is a direct indication of our lack of spiritual passion and love for the lost.

        "Even when there is a love and a concern for the lost, sometimes we have a total disconnect with the culture in which we live," Page added. "Many of our people simply do not know how to relate to people in 21st-century culture and have been frustrated at their inability to communicate the Gospel. Read More