Stories tagged with: 2016 sbc annual meeting

• WRAP-UP: EC recommends expanding membership

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, September 21, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo by Morris Abernathy

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Four states or territories would gain representation on the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee under a recommendation adopted during the EC's Sept. 19-20 meeting in Nashville for presentation at the SBC annual meeting in June 2017.

  The recommendation would amend SBC Bylaw 18 to exempt the states and territories of the Dakotas, Iowa, Minnesota-Wisconsin and Montana from Bylaw 30's requirement that territories have 15,000 members in cooperating Baptist churches to qualify for EC representation. Read More

• N.C. restroom bill doesn't deter SBC annual meeting

  by David Roach, posted Monday, September 19, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo courtesy of Charlotte Convention Center

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BP) -- Amid controversy over North Carolina's controversial transgender restroom law, Southern Baptist Convention leaders estimate they're less than two weeks away from finalizing contracts to hold the 2023 SBC annual meeting in Charlotte.

  And they say they're glad to support the state for its moral stand on gender and sexuality.

  SBC President Steve Gaines said that "while other organizations such as the ... Read More

• Video highlights Southern Baptists in St. Louis

  by David Roach, posted Wednesday, July 06, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  BP screen grab

  ST. LOUIS (BP) -- A video released July 6 by immediate past Southern Baptist Convention President Ronnie Floyd condenses 17 hours of proceedings from the June 14-15 SBC annual meeting in St. Louis into a 20-minute highlight reel.

  "This video may be just a personal blessing to you or something you may want to share with your church or through social networking," Floyd, pastor of Cross Church in northwest Arkansas, wrote in a blog post announcing the video. "To God's glory, we left St. Louis after back-to-back historic days. Let these highlights encourage you about our cooperative work to reach the world for Christ." Read More

• BAPTISTS: 'Big tent' conservative cooperation

  by Andrew Hebert, posted Tuesday, June 28, 2016 (8 years ago)

  Even among "suits and skinny jeans ... red and yellow, black and white," Southern Baptists have unity, New Mexico pastor Andrew Hebert writes. "We cooperate together because of our common doctrinal and missional commitments. That which unites us is greater than that which divides us." Read More

• Collegiate ministries evolve into multiplying churches

  by Karen L. Willoughby, posted Tuesday, June 28, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo by Miranda Johns

  ST. LOUIS (BP) -- Channeling college students' zeal for Christ drew the focus of two panel discussions held in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in St. Louis.

  The purpose of the panels, which took place on the Cooperative Program stage in the exhibit hall at America's Center, showcased missions and ministry funded by the Cooperative Program, Southern Baptists' unified giving channel. Read More

• Veteran communicators tell SBC story

  by Margaret Colson, posted Monday, June 27, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  BP photo taken by Morris Abernathy.

  ST. LOUIS (BP) -- They have been firsthand witnesses of Southern Baptist history in the making. Through their lenses, desktops, and now laptops, they have shared that witness time and time again over the past 30-plus years.

  At the 2016 Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in St. Louis, close to 60 communicators -- some Baptist Press staff and others partnering alongside them -- served as the denomination's official media team. Among them were seven communicators who collectively have more than 150 years of experience serving ... Read More

• Lausanne conference focuses on Jewish evangelism

  by Daniel Woodman, posted Friday, June 24, 2016 (8 years ago)

  ST.LOUIS (BP) -- The Southern Baptist Messianic Fellowship's partnership with the Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism remains valuable in reaching Jewish people across the globe. Read More

• Insights for struggling churches relayed at SBC

  by Tobin Perry, posted Friday, June 24, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  ST. LOUIS (BP) -- More than 175 Southern Baptists interested in the work of replanting struggling churches convened for the first-ever National Replant Gathering prior to the 2016 Southern Baptist Convention.

  Sponsored by the North American Mission Board, the gathering was designed to connect those engaged in the replanting process with one another, as well as to encourage and train them. Read More

• Leading change in church focus of LifeWay panel

  by Carol Pipes, posted Friday, June 24, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo by Jenna Wachsmuth

  ST. LOUIS (BP) -- Leading change in a church can be difficult and must be navigated with prayer, love and patience, pastors acknowledged in a panel discussion held during the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in St. Louis.

  LifeWay Christian Resources hosted more than 800 church leaders for a free breakfast and discussion on "Leading Change in the Church." LifeWay President and CEO Thom S. Rainer unpacked three things most leaders forget to do when leading change: begin with prayer, pray with a guiding coalition, and see crises as opportunities. Read More

• TRUSTEES: NAMB celebrates Send Relief launch

  by Mike Ebert, posted Thursday, June 23, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo by Susan Whitley

  ST. LOUIS (BP) -- Trustees of the North American Mission Board met June 13 and approved the entity's 2017 budget, voted on several recommendations, heard reports on NAMB's church planting efforts and celebrated the launch of Send Relief.

  In his report to trustees, NAMB President Kevin Ezell noted highlights from NAMB's launch of its Send Relief compassion ministry in conjunction with the SBC's annual meeting in St. Louis, June 14-15. NAMB also hosted a June 13 luncheon attended by 3,000 during the SBC Pastors' Conference and helped coordinate a block party during Crossover evangelism efforts at First Baptist Ferguson, Mo. The block party featured a mobile medical clinic, mobile dental clinic and installation of smoke detectors in homes near the church, in partnership with the American Red Cross. Read More